Development and the Politics of Human Rights

Scott Nicholas Romaniuk · Marguerite Marlin

Dec 2015 · Public Administration and Public Policy Book 198 · CRC Press

About this ebook

Despite decades spent confronting human rights violations around the world, particularly in regions of instability, the issue remains one of the most divisive, chaotic, and challenging to address. Development and the Politics of Human Rights takes a much-needed holistic approach. It unpacks the questions of human advocacy and policy, identifies tra

About the author

Scott Nicholas Romaniuk is a PhD candidate in international studies at the University of Trento, Italy. He holds an MRes in political research from the University of Aberdeen, a BA with a double major in history and in German language and literature from the University of Alberta, and certificates in terrorism, counterterrorism, and war and peace. His research focuses on asymmetric warfare, counterterrorism, international security, and the use of force.

Marguerite Marlin

is a PhD candidate in political science at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She specializes in comparative legislatures, nongovernmental influence on public policy, and Arctic affairs. She earned her MA in European, Russian, and Eurasian studies at Carleton University in Ottawa. She was a young researcher at the Northern Research Forum‘s Open Assembly in 2014 and her writings have been featured in a variety of academic and nonacademic publications.