Political Repression and Public Perceptions of Human Rights

The Relationship Between Individuals’ Recognition of Human Rights and Responses to Socially Responsible Companies: Evidence from Russia and Bulgaria

“…The approach we use is different from orthodox studies on human rights in that we do not focus on individuals' perceptions of violations of civil and political human rights (Anderson et al, 2002;Carlson and Listhaug, 2007). Rather, we adopt the same approach of Stellmacher et al (2005) who focused on 'first' as well as 'second' generation rights.…”

“…This assumption is reflected in the tendency in most empirical studies that investigate the public perception of human rights to group countries on the basis of their institutional tradition (i.e. western democracies or communist systems) and economic development (Anderson et al, 2002;Carlson and Listhaug, 2007).…”

Community and consent

“…In fact, social movements and nonviolent action in its broader conception has long been studied in different case studies as well as aggregated analyses, within a vast array of theoretical traditions of sociology, political science, anthropology and history, as well as psychology. Of these traditions, sociology and political science stand out as predominant contributors, providing us with insights into social movements and nonviolent action through conceptual lenses of social mobilization (Lichbach 1987;White, 1989;Zunes et al, 1999), political opportunity (Earl, 2003;Rasler, 1996), framing (Anderson et al, 2002;Martin and Varney, 2003), relative deprivation (Gurr, 1970) and strategic choice and action (Ackerman and Kreugler, 1994;Sharp, 1973Sharp, , 2005.…”

“…These insights have long been a main focus within the broader literature on social movements (Anderson et al, 2002;Earl, 2003;Gurr, 1970;Lichbach, 1987;Martin and Varney, 2003;Rasler, 1996;White, 1989;Zunes et al, 1999). Apart from Kurt Schock's recent contribution, Unarmed Insurrections -People Power Movements in Nondemocracies (2005), these insights have remained relatively isolated from the tradition of nonviolent action theories, building on the work of Gene Sharp (1973).…”

On the Other Side of the Curtain: A Reassessment of Non-Elite Human Rights Experiences and Values in Poland

“…(Schopflin 1991;Curry 1995) Citizens in practically every post-communist country witnessed economic deterioration, characterized by increased unemployment, rising inflation, and worsening social services, though the rate of decline and recovery varied widely by state. (Roland 2002) The limited research on human rights values in this fascinating region has demonstrated that post-communist citizens are cognizant of political rights violations (Anderson et al 2002) and differ as a collective in their basic values from citizens of Western Europe. (Schwartz and Bardi 1997;Mishler and Rose 1997) But there has, to date, been no attempt to directly explore the formation of rights values and priorities.…”