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Health, Development, and Human Rights: by Marks, Stephen; The purpose of this chapter is to explore how the three concepts of human rights, health and human development have been defined and linked and what implications these linkages have for international...; Published Date: December 2008 More

How Environmentalists "Greened" Trade Policy: Strategic Action and the Architecture of Field Overlap: by Kay, Tamara; Evans, Rhonda; Publisher: American Sociological Review; Publication Type: Published Paper; This article examines why and how environmental activists, despite considerable political weakness and disproportionally few resources, won substantive negotiating concessions that far outstripped...; Published Date: December 2008 More

Mexican Exceptionalism: Globalization and De-Industrialization, 1750–1877: by Williamson, Jeffery G.; Dobado Gonzalez, Rafael; Gomez Galvarriato, Aurora; Like the rest of the poor periphery, Mexico fought with de-industrialization in the century before the 1870s. Yet, Mexican manufacturing defended itself better than did the rest of the poor...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: September 2008 More

Explaining Latin America’s Lagging Development in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century: Growth Strategies, Inequality, and E: by Domínguez, Jorge I.; In 1700, Latin America and British North America were roughly equal in economic terms. Yet over the next three centuries, the United States gradually pulled away from Latin America, and today the...; Publication Type: Book Chapter; Published Date: August 2008 More

Social Capital and Migration: How Do Similar Resources Lead to Divergent Outcomes?: by Garip, Filiz; This article investigates how migrant social capital differentially influences individuals’ migration and cumulatively generates divergent outcomes for communities. To combine the fragmented...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: August 2008 More

The Dual World Polity: Fragmentation and Integration in the Network of Intergovernmental Organizations: by Beckfield, Jason; A growing body of research demonstrates powerful effects of international organizations on national policy, and the literature on international conflict is increasingly adopting a network perspective...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: August 2008 More

Democratization, Women’s Movements, and Gender-Equitable States: A Framework for Comparison: by Viterna, Jocelyn; There is a rich collection of case studies examining the relationship between democratization, women’s movements, and gendered state outcomes, but the variation across cases is still poorly...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: August 2008 More

Does Landholding Inequality Block Democratization? A Test of the 'Bread and Democracy' Thesis and the Case of Prussia?: by Ziblatt, Daniel; Does landholding inequality block democratization? This classic question in the study of political regimes concerned Alexis de Tocqueville, Max Weber, and Alexander Gerschenkron. It is also a...; Published Date: July 2008 More

Outside Funding and the Dynamics of Participation in Community Associations: by Kremer, Michael; Gugerty, Mary Kay; The poor and disadvantaged are widely seen as having weak organizations and low rates of participation in community associations, impeding their political representation and economic advancement....; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: July 2008 More

Work and Power: The Connection Between Female Labor Force Participation and Female Political Representation: by Iversen, Torben; Rosenbluth, Frances; Low levels of female labor force participation contribute to female underrepresentation in democratic polities, both by reinforcing traditional voter attitudes toward women (a demand-side feature)...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: June 2008 More