Responding to Terrorism? Human Rights Organization Shaming and Terrorist Attacks |
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| Authors: | Victor Asal Kathleen Deloughery Amanda Murdie |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Political Science, University at Albany, Albany, NY, USA;2. Department of Public Administration and Policy, University at Albany, Albany, NY, USA;3. Department of Political Science and Truman School of Public Affairs, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA |
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| Abstract: | Why do Human Rights Organizations (HROs) target or “shame” countries for human rights abuses? The literature using country-level factors to explain why one country is likely to be targeted over another is growing but many questions still remain. Terrorist activity in a country should have a positive effect on the amount of shaming directed at a country. HROs are in the publicity business and have organizational interests to shame states already receiving attention. Findings show that there is a connection between certain types of transnational terrorist incidents occur in a country and the amount of HRO shaming of governments, even after accounting for the human rights practices within the state. |
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