You Scratch My Back and I Scratch Yours: An Explanation of Dyadic Politics of Naming and Shaming

• In Event: Naming, Shaming, and Human Rights

Brief Overview

What motivates autocracies to participate in naming and shaming behaviors on human rights? We argue that autocracies use peer review processes as means of legitimation, testing our expectations using a large-N sample of the UPR between 2008 and 2020.

Authors

• Sanghoon Park, University of South Carolina

• Chun-Young Holden Park, University of Georgia