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TitleExplaining China's actions on human rights in the United Nations General Assembly, 1971-2012
NamePrimiano, Christopher B. (author); Xiang, Jun (chair); Ferguson, Yale (internal member); Chebel d’Appollonia, Ariane (internal member); Wishnick, Elizabeth (outside member); Rutgers University; Graduate School - Newark
Date Created2016
Other Date2016-05 (degree)
SubjectGlobal Affairs, Human rights--China, United Nations--China
Extent1 online resource (iv, 260 p. : ill.)
DescriptionThe main puzzle in this dissertation is that China has one of the worst domestic human rights practices in the world, but it has a very active voting record in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on human rights resolutions and is active in general internationally on human rights. Using rational choice’s emphasis on actors acting to advance their preferences, I argue that domestic factors explain this puzzle. More specifically, it is the perceived domestic threat to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rule that determines the way the Chinese government acts on the human rights issues explored in this dissertation. Each main chapter in this dissertation documents this pattern of the relationship between the Chinese government’s perceived threat to CCP rule and the Chinese government’s reaction. The findings in this dissertation have policy implications for INGOs and states seeking to influence China’s human rights policies. To answer my central question (what accounts for China’s actions on human rights in the UNGA?), I focus on multiple forms of action by the Chinese government in the UNGA.
NotePh.D.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Noteby Christopher B. Primiano
Genretheses, ETD doctoral
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3571F6H
Languageeng
CollectionGraduate School - Newark Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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