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Do Constitutional Rights Make a Difference?

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Adam Chilton *
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Mila Versteeg
DOI:10.1111/ajps.12239delete
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Although the question of whether constitutional rights matter is of great theoretical and practical importance, little is known about whether constitutional rights impact government behavior. In this article, we test the effectiveness of six political rights. We hypothesize that a difference exists between organizational rights-most notably, the rights to unionize and form political parties-and individual rights. Specifically, we suggest that organizational rights increase de facto rights protection because they create organizations with the incentives and means to protect the underlying right, which renders these rights self-enforcing. Such organizations are not necessarily present to protect individual rights, which could make individual rights less effective. We test our theory using a variety of statistical methods on a data set of constitutional rights for 186 countries. The results support our theory: Organizational rights are associated with increased de facto rights protection, while individual rights are not.
Keyword:
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN-RIGHTS
STATE REPRESSION
DEMOCRACY
TREATIES
LAW
PARCHMENT
RESPECT
THREAT

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American Journal of Political Science 封面图
American Journal of Political Science
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university of chicago
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University of Virginia
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