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Human rights in the South Pacific: A comparative analysis

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To date, no research has attempted to evaluate human rights in the Pacific region in comparative perspective. Employing commonly used cross-national measures of basic human rights, the author examines how well regimes in the region respect political and civil rights as well as the right to physical integrity. The results reveal that, as regards political and civil rights, the region appears to resemble parts of the developing world more than the developed world. In contrast, the region performs relatively well with regard to available measures of personal integrity rights. Moreover, the results reveal that levels of respect for certain key individual human rights in different states across the region are far from uniform. The author subsequently poses questions for future research based on these findings.

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Political Sciences

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Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications., 2012

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p. 39-61

Language

English

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0032-3187

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Volume 64, Number 1 June 2012 p. 39-61

Subject(s)

Democracy
Human rights
Pacific Island Countries

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