Kathryn Sikkink

sikkink@umn.edu

612/624-7513

Political Science 1414 Soc Sci 267 19th Ave S

Curriculum Vitae

Department Affiliations

University Affiliations

Law School [Website]

Specialties

International norms and institutions
International human rights norms and law
Transnational advocacy networks
Social justice
Political activism
Latin America politics
Grassroots protests
War crimes tribunals
Human rights trials
Women's rights
U.S. human rights policy

Educational Background

Ph.D.: Columbia University, 1988.

Publications

“The Power of Networks in International Politics,“ in Networked Politics: Agency, Power, and Governance Edited by Miles Kahler (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2009): 228-247.
“From State Responsibility to Individual Criminal Accountability: A New Regulatory Model for Core Human Rights Violations,“ The Politics of Global Regulation, Edited by Walter Mattli and Ngaire Woods (Princeton University Press, 2009): 121-150.
“From International Relations to Global Society,“ (co-authored with Michael Barnett) The Oxford Handbook of International Relations, edited by Christian Reau-Smit and Duncan Snidal (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008): 62-83; reprinted also in The Oxford Handbook of Political Science (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009): 748-768.
“The Role of Consequences, Comparison and Counterfactuals in Constructivists Ethical Thought,“ in Moral Limit and Possibility in World Politics, edited by Richard M. Price (Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2008): 83-111.
“Bush Administration Noncompliance with the Prohibition on Torture and Cruel and Degrading Treatment,“ in Bringing Human Rights Home: From Civil Rights to Human Rights Vol. 2, edited by Cynthia Soohoo, Catherine Albisa, and Martha F. Davis (Westport, CT: Praeger Publisher, 2008): 187-208.
“From Pariah State to Global Human Rights Protagonist: Argentina and the Struggle for International Human Rights" Latin American Politics and Society 50 (1) (Spring 2008): 1-29.
“The Justice Cascade and the Impact of Human Rights Trials in Latin America“ (co-authored with Carrie Booth Walling) Journal of Peace Research 44(4), July 2007; translated into Spanish as: “La Cascada de Justicia y el Impacto de los Juicios de Derechos Humanos en América Latina,“ Cuadernos del CLAEH: Revista Uruguaya de Ciencias Sociales, 2 serie, Año 31, No. 96-97 (2008): 15-40.
“Argentina’s Contribution to Global Trends in Transitional Justice“ (co-authored with Carrie Booth Walling), in Beyond Truth and Justice: Transitional Justice in the New Millennium, edited by Naomi Roht-Arriaza and Javier Mariezcurrena (Cambridge University Press, 2006): 301-324.
“The Transnational Dimension of the Judicialization of Politics in Latin America,“ in The Judicialization of Politics in Latin America, edited by Rachel Sieder, Line Schjolden and Alan Angell (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005): 263-292; Spanish translation: La Judicialización de la Política en América Latina (Bogota: Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2007).“
“Patterns of Dynamic Multilevel Governance and the Insider-Outsider Coalition,“ in Transnational Protest and Global Activism. Edited by Donatella Della Porta and Sidney Tarrow. New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 2005, pp. 151-173.
Mixed Signals: U.S. Human Rights Policy and Latin America. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2004).
“Kissinger y la Guerra Sucia: Un Análisis de los Documentos Desclasificados Recientemente,“ in El Debate Político: Revista Iberoamericana de Análisis Político Volume 1, Number 2 (December 2004), pp. 90-102.
“The Dirty War’s Declassified Documents: A New Perspective on Bilateral Relations, Chapter 3,“ in Argentina-United States Bilateral Relations: An Historical Perspective and Future Challenges. Edited by Cynthia Arnson. Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2003, pp. 37-42.
“A Typology of Relations Between Social Movements and International Institutions,“ in Proceedings of the 97th Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law, April 2-5, 2003, Washington, D.C., pp. 301-305.
“La Dimensión Transnacional de los Movimientos Sociales,“ in Más Allá de la Nación: Las Escalas Múltiples de Los Movimientos Sociales. Edited by Elizabeth Jelin. (Buenos Aires: Libros del Zorzal, 2003): 301-335.
Restructuring World Politics: Transnational Social Movements, Networks, and Norms. Co-edited with Sanjeev Khagram and James Riker. (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2002).
"Human Rights Advocacy Networks and the Social Construction of Legal Rules." in Global Prescriptions: The Production, Exportation, and Importation of a New Legal Orthodoxy. Edited by Yves Dezalay and Bryant Garth (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2002): 37-64.
"Human Rights" with Hans Peter Schmitz, in the Handbook of International Relations. Edited by Walter Carlsnaes, Thomas Risse, and Beth Simmons. (London: Sage Publications, 2002): 517-537.
“The International Dimension of Democratization and Human Rights in Latin America,“ with Ellen Lutz. In Democracy in Latin America: (Re)Constructing Political Society. Edited by Manuel Antonio Garreton and Edward Newman. (New York: United Nations University Press, 2001): 278-300
"Taking Stock: The Constructivist Research Program in International Relations and Comparative Politics," with Martha Finnemore. Annual Review of Political Science, Vol. 4 (June 2001): 391-416.
"Historical Precursors to Modern Campaigns for Women's Rights: Campaigns against Footbinding and Female Circumcision," in Women and International Human Rights Law: Volume 3: Toward Empowerment. Edited by Kelly D. Askin and Dorean M. Koenig (Ardsley, N.Y.: Transnational Publishers, 2001): 797-818.
"Historical Precursors to Modern Transnational Social Movements and Networks," with Margaret Keck, in Globalizations and Social Movements: Culture, Power, and the Transnational Public Sphere. Edited by John A. Guidry, Michael Kennedy, and Mayer Zald (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2001): 35-53.
"The Justice Cascade: The Evolution and Impact of Foreign Human Rights Trials in Latin America," with Ellen Lutz. Chicago Journal of International Law 2:1 (Spring 2001): 1-33.
"International Human Rights Law and Practice in Latin America," with Ellen Lutz. International Organization 54:3 (Summer 2000): 633-660.
"La dimensión transnacional de los movimientos sociales," in La sociedad civil frente a las nuevas formas de institucionalidad democrática, Martín Abregú and Silvina Ramos, editors (Buenos Aires: Cuadernos del Foro, Año 2, Numero 2, 2000): pp. 47-69
The Power of Human Rights: International Norms and Domestic Change. Co-edited with Thomas Risse and Stephen Ropp, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999).
"Redes Transnacionales de Cabildeo e Influencia,“ with Margaret Keck Foro Internacional 34:4 (October-December 1999): 404-428.
"Transnational Advocacy Networks in International and Regional Politics," with Margaret Keck. International Social Science Journal #159, UNESCO (March 1999): 89-101.
Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics. Co-authored with Margaret Keck. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998). Translated into Spanish as Activistas Sin Fronteras: Redes de Defensa en Política Internacional (Mexico City: Siglo Veintiuno Editores, 2000); Chinese translation by Peking University Press, 2005; Arabic translation by the Arabic Book Program, American Cultural Center, Amman, Jordon, 2005.
"International Norm Dynamics and Political Change," with Martha Finnemore. In the Special Issue "International Organization at Fifty: Exploration and Contestation in the Study of World Politics," International Organization 52:4 (Autumn 1998): 887-917.
"Transnational Politics, International Relations Theory, and Human Rights," PS: Political Science and Politics Vol. 31, 3 (September 1998): 517-521; reprinted in Comparative Politics: Notes and Readings, edited by Bernard E. Brown, 10th Edition (Harcourt, Brace, 2005); and Readings on How the World Works: Current Issues in International Relations edited by Russell Bova (Longman Publishers, 2009).
"Transnational Advocacy Networks in the Movement Society," with Margaret Keck. In The Social Movement Society edited by David S. Meyer and Sidney Tarrow (New York: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 1998): 217-238.
"Development Ideas in Latin America: Paradigm Shift and the Economic Commission for Latin America," in International Development and the Social Sciences: Essays in the History and Politics of Knowledge, edited by Frederick Cooper and Randall Packard (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997):. 228-256.
"Reconceptualizing Sovereignty in the Americas: Historical Precursors and Current Practices," Houston Journal of International Law Vol. 19, Number 3 (Spring 1997): pp. 705-729; also published as a chapter in El papel del derecho international en América: La soberanía en la era de la integración regional (Mexico City: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, 1997): 101-119.
"The Effectiveness of U.S. Human Rights Policy, 1973-1980," in The International Dimensions of Democratization: Europe and the Americas, edited by Laurence Whitehead (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996): 93-124.
"Nongovernmental Organizations, Democracy, and Human Rights in Latin America." chapter in Beyond Sovereignty: Collectively Defending Democracy in the Americas, edited by Tom Farer (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996): 150-168.
"The Emergence, Evolution, and Effectiveness of the Latin American Human Rights Network," chapter in Constructing Democracy: Human Rights, Citizenship, and Society in Latin America edited by Elizabeth Jelin and Eric Herschberg (Boulder: Westview Press, 1996): 59-84. Spanish translation: "La red internacional de derechos humanos en América Latina: surgimiento, evolución y efectividad," Construir la democracia: derechos humanos, ciudadanía y sociedad en América Latina (Caracas: Nueva Sociedad, 1996); Portuguese translation published by Editora da Universidade de Sí£o Paulo, 2006.
"Non-governmental Organizations and Transnational Issue Networks in International Politics," Proceedings of the 89th Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law (Washington, D.C.: The American Society of International Law, 1995): 413-415.
"Human Rights, Principled Issue Networks, and Sovereignty in Latin America," International Organization Vol. 47, No. 3 (Summer 1993): 411-441. Reprinted in The New Political Economy of Globalization, edited by Richard Higgott and Anthony Payne (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishers, 2000).
"The Origins and Continuity of Human Rights Policies in the United States and Western Europe." in Ideas and Foreign Policy edited by Judith Goldstein and Robert Keohane (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1993): 139-170.
"U.S. Policy and Human Rights in Argentina and Guatemala, 1973-1980," with Lisa Martin, in Double-Edged Diplomacy: International Bargaining and Domestic Politics, edited by Peter Evans, Harold Jacobson, and Robert Putnam (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993): 330-362.
"Nuevo Institucionalismo y Política Desarrollista: Capacidad y Autonomia del Estado en Brasil y la Argentina," Desarrollo Económico Vol. 32, No. 128 (January-March 1993): 501-531.
Ideas and Institutions: Developmentalism in Brazil and Argentina (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1991). Translated into Spanish as El Proyecto Desarrollista: Argentina y Brasil (Buenos Aires: Siglo Veintiuno Editora Iberoamericana, forthcoming 2009)
"The Influence of Raúl Prebisch on Economic Policy Making in Argentina 1955-1962," and "Response." Latin American Research Review Vol. XXIII, No. 2 (1988): 91-114, and 128-131.
"International Codes of Conduct for Transnational Corporations: The Case of the WHO/UNICEF Code," International Organization, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Autumn 1986): 815-840. Reprinted in Paul F. Diehl, ed. The Politics of International Organization: Patterns and Insights (Chicago: Dorsey Press 1989): 342-363, and Robert N. Wells, Jr, ed. Peace by Pieces: United Nations Agencies and Their Roles (Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, 1991): 335-371.

Professional Activities

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Membership Section Panel for Class III, Section 3 (Fall 2005); Chair, Membership Section Panel for Class III, Section 3, 2008-2010
Member, International Panel of Editorial Advisers and Consultants, International Encyclopedia of Political Science, published by CQ Press with the assistance of the American Political Science Association, 2005-2008.
Member, Editorial Board: International Studies Quarterly , 2003 - 2009
Member, Board of Directors: Social Science Research Council , 2002 - 2009
Member, Editorial Board: American Political Science Review , 2002 - 2009
Member, Advisory Board, Peace Research Institute, Frankfurt, Germany, 2002-2005
Member: Council on Foreign Relations , 2002
Member: American Academy of Arts and Sciences , 2001
Member, Editorial Board: Journal International Organization

Outreach Activities

Chair, Advisory Board, Human Rights Program (CLA), 2002-present
Member, Advisory Board, Human Rights Center, Law School, 1990-present

Awards

Regents Professor, University of Minnesota, 2006- Present
Member, Council on Foreign Relations, 2002-Present
Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota, 2005-2009
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2001-Present
Member, Society for Comparative Research, 2001-Present
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Fellowship, 2008-2009
Distinguished Teaching Award: Award for Outstanding Contributions to Postbaccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education, University of Minnesota, 2003-2004
Fulbright Scholar Award, Argentina, 2001 - 2002
Scholar of the College, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, 2000-2002
McKnight-Land Grant Professorship, University of Minnesota, 1991-1993
International Studies Association Chadwick Alger Award for Best Book in the area of International Organizations, 2000 (Awarded to Activists Beyond Borders).
Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order, 2000