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! Read * Defying Convention: US Resistance to the UN Treaty on Women's Rights (Problems of International Politics) by Lisa Baldez ß eBook or Kindle ePUB. Defying Convention: US Resistance to the UN Treaty on Women's Rights (Problems of International Politics) The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) articulates what has now become a global norm. CEDAW establishes the moral, civic, and political equality of women; women's right to be free from discrimination and violence; and the responsibility of governments to take positive action to achieve these goals. The United States is not among the 187 countries that have ratified the treaty. To explain why the United States has not ratified CEDAW, this book highl
| Title | : | Defying Convention: US Resistance to the UN Treaty on Women's Rights (Problems of International Politics) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.17 (847 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1107416825 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 249 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-23 |
| Language | : | English |
She holds a BA from Princeton University and a PhD from the University of California, San Diego. Lisa Baldez is Associate Professor of Government and Chair of Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies at Dartmouth College. She is the author of Why Women Protest: Women's Movements in Chile (Cambridge, 2
Using fascinating primary sources, Baldez's analysis of the domestic and international obstacles to ratification brings the insights of comparative politics and international relations together in an original way." Valerie Sperling, Clark University . Using the puzzling case of US non-ratification of CEDAW, Lisa Baldez convincingly argues that by all rights, the United States should have ratified CEDAW, given that the costs of doing so would be low and the norms embodied in the treaty are rhetorically consistent with US political values. "Breaking with the conventions in political science that create stark distinctions be
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) articulates what has now become a global norm. CEDAW establishes the moral, civic, and political equality of women; women's right to be free from discrimination and violence; and the responsibility of governments to take positive action to achieve these goals. The United States is not among the 187 countries that have ratified the treaty. To explain why the United States has not ratified CEDAW, this book highlights the emergence of the treaty in the context of the Cold War, the deeply partisan nature of women's rights issues in the United States, and basic disagreements about how human rights treaties work.
Five Stars Clare Cumberland Exceeds my expectations - well written, clear, thorough and readable.
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