Human rights, transnational actors and the Chinese government: Another look at the spiral model

This article assesses the usefulness of Thomas Risse, Stephen Ropp and Kathryn Sikkink's spiral model as an explanation of the changes in the Chinese government's human rights practices from the time of the ‘anti-rightist’ campaign in 1957–1958 to the end of 2003. It is concluded that the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fleay, Caroline
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor Francis 2006
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27582