What explains the success of criminal prosecutions against former Latin American officials
accused of human rights violations? Why did some judiciaries evolve from unresponsive …

Names: Nolte, Detlef, editor.| Weiffen, Brigitte, editor. Title: Regionalism under stress: Europe
and Latin America in comparative perspective/edited by Detlef Nolte and Brigitte Weiffen …

This book theorizes a mechanism underlying regime-change waves, the deliberate efforts of
diffusion entrepreneurs to spread a particular regime and regime-change model across state …

This chapter sets the stage for a comparative assessment of the crisis of regionalism in
Europe, Latin America, and beyond. Taking the multidimensional crisis of the European …

International courts (ICs) with human rights mandates have recently faced instances of
backlash aiming to curb their authority. Taking cues from research on the functioning of ICs …

Do intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) screen out conflict-prone states? We argue that
IGOs have incentives to guard against admitting new members that pose significant security …

This book explores what political conditions must be established and what obstacles
overcome for the fi ve offi cial Nuclear Weapon States (NWS)—China, France, Russia, the …

A recent literature explores how domestic institutions affect politicians' incentives to enter
into international agreements (IAs). We contribute to this field by systematically testing the …

This paper analyzes the development of cooperation between Argentina and Brazil from
their initial rapprochement of 1979 to the construction of Mercosur in 1991. It presents an …

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is thought to have shaped constitutions
profoundly since its adoption in 1948. The authors identify two empirical implications that …