Presents a systematic analysis of various human rights violations around the globe, focusing on security and subsistence rights phenomenon, covering a wide range of human rights issues and research approaches. - Съдържа: Human rights research and the quest for human dignity / Sabine Carey, Steven Poe -- The decision to repress : an integrative theoretical approach to the research on human rights and repression / Steven Poe -- Aiding or abetting : British Foreign Aid decisions and recipient country human rights / Bethany Barratt -- Security at what cost ; arms transfers to the developing world and human rights / Dawn Miller -- The path from trade to human rights : the democracy and development detour / Rhonda Callaway, Julie Harrelson-Stephens -- Providing subsistence rights : do states make a difference / Wesley Milner [and others] -- Human rights and structural adjustment : the importance of selection / M. Rodwan Abouharb, David Cingranelli -- Crimes and punishments : how the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia distinguishes among massive human rights violations / James Meernik, Kimi King -- National constitutions and human rights protection : regional differences and colonial influences / Linda Keith -- Ethnicity and repression : the ethnic composition of countries and human rights violations / Chris Lee [and others] -- Domestic threat and repression : an analysis of state responses to different forms of dissent / Sabine Carey -- How organizations shape human rights violations / Pablo Policzer -- What transforms ordinary people into gross human rights violators / Alette Smeulers -- The quest for human dignity : the journey continues / Sabine Carey, Steven Poe.*