POLS 317 Chapter Notes - Chapter 21: Time Series, Extrajudicial Killing, Liberal Democracy
2 Mar 2018
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Examines the effect of foreign armed intervention on human rights conditions in target countries. References two previous studies, critiques them, and uses their faults to improve his own framework. Examination of solely u. s military intervention cases for the period of. 1977-1996 and find no major effect of the u. s interventions on hr in target countries. Peacekeeping interventions with a humanitarian purpose will likely improve human rights conditions. Hr missions might adversely affect empowerment rights like political freedom and workers rights. Studies focus on single country"s use of force or small subset of cases. Studies have serious methodological problems using one stage of econometric models where they focus on impact of repression. Studies overlook issue of endogeneity between foreign interference and human rights abuses. He wants this study attempt to fill this gap in the literature by offering a comprehensive, systematic study of relationship between armed intrusions and physical integrity rights of citizens.
