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Contemporary human rights discourse has produced a rather triumphant vision of the role of rights talk in securing progressive and transformative social change. Human rights have become the dominant language for public good around the globe and a language of choice for making an…

Most research on political parties and civil society focuses on Western Europe and Latin America, while on the other hand research on civil liberties and political rights examines postcolonial nations. But how do political parties and civil society impact civil liberties and pol…