Rachel A Cichowski
Biographic Data
| ID | 1493336 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel A Cichowski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel A |
| FAMILY NAME | Cichowski |
| SIGNATURE | CICHOWSKI R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Washington |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 197 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
European Human Rights Justice and Privatisation: The Growing Influence of Foreign Private Funds
The European Court of Human Rights, Amicus Curiae, and Violence against Women
Are international courts and advocacy group legal mobilization shaping human rights politics? This question poses a theoretical and empirical challenge to state dominated understandings of international litigation. This article theorizes the interaction between advocacy groups and the European Court of Human Rights and the role this participation plays in the enforcement and development of human rights. The analyses examine institutional factors …
Judicial Politics and the Courts
This article views law, courts, and constitutionalism using a gendered perspective. It examines several key debates and improvements in this field of study and presents a detailed conceptual framework of law and courts. In the next section, the article discusses three major areas that define the scholarship in this field (and are of special interest to scholars of gender and politics), namely, gender and the courts, gender, constitutionalism and …
Legal Mobilization, Transnational Activism, and Gender Equality in the EU
This article examines how EU rights and laws serve as legal opportunity structures for women’s rights activists in Europe. Further, it examines what effects this transnational activism has on the permanence and inclusion of public interests and gender equality in EU legal and political processes. The analysis examines the legal domain of EU women’s rights over a thirty-year period. Methodologically, the study relies on case law analysis, primary …
Mobilisation, Litigation and Democratic Governance
This analysis examines the interaction between advocacy groups and the European Court of Human Rights in the mobilisation and development of rights. The article is also concerned with the effects of this litigation on democratic governance. The study includes an original dataset of ECtHR judgments from 1960 to 2006 and examines the frequency and effects of societal group participation. The findings illustrate that rather than undermining democrac…
The European Court and Civil Society: Litigation, Mobilization and Governance
The European Union today stands on the brink of radical institutional and constitutional change. The most recent enlargement and proposed legal reforms reflect a commitment to democracy: stabilizing political life for citizens governed by new regimes, and constructing a European Union more accountable to civil society. Despite the perceived novelty of these reforms, this book explains (through quantitative data and qualitative case analyses) how …
Courts, Rights, and Democratic Participation
This article examines the connection between rights, courts, and the changing nature of democratic participation. The general comparative model developed is then applied to a time-series analysis of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The article is the first to offer a systematic social science analysis of ECHR decisions with particular emphasis on changing democratic opportunities for individuals at both the domestic and supranational le…
Women's Rights, the European Court, and Supranational Constitutionalism
This analysis examines supranational constitutionalism in the European Union (EU). In particular, the study focuses on the role of the European Court of Justice in the creation of women's rights. I examine the interaction between the Court and member state governments in legal integration, and also the integral role that women's advocates—both individual activists and groups—have played in the development of EU social provisions. The findings sug…
Western Dreams, Eastern Realities: Support for the European Union in Central and Eastern Europe
Much of our recent scholarship argues that public support in member countries is integral to the success of European Union (EU) policies and initiatives. Despite growing evidence that public support is also often crucial to attaining (and sustaining) EU membership—as evidenced by the volatile Maastricht referenda in Denmark and France and the unsuccessful Norwegian accession—there is little systematic research on accession countries. This study d…
Integrating the environment: The European Court and the construction of supranational policy
The European Court of Justice operates to expand the integration project by serving as an arena for transnational political action carried out by national and supranational policy actors. This article examines this dynamic through the evolution of environmental protection policy in the European Union. The data presented in this analysis pertain to Article 177 of the Treaty of Rome. The Article 177 procedure reveals the Court's role in constructin…
Western Dreams, Eastern Realities: Support for the European Union in Central and Eastern Europe
Much of our recent scholarship argues that public support in member countries is integral to the success of European Union (EU) policies and initiatives. Despite growing evidence that public support is also often crucial to attaining (and sustaining) EU membership—as evidenced by the volatile Maastricht referenda in Denmark and France and the unsuccessful Norwegian accession—there is little systematic research on accession countries. This study d…
Courts, Rights, and Democratic Participation
This article examines the connection between rights, courts, and the changing nature of democratic participation. The general comparative model developed is then applied to a time-series analysis of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The article is the first to offer a systematic social science analysis of ECHR decisions with particular emphasis on changing democratic opportunities for individuals at both the domestic and supranational le…
Women's Rights, the European Court, and Supranational Constitutionalism
This analysis examines supranational constitutionalism in the European Union (EU). In particular, the study focuses on the role of the European Court of Justice in the creation of women's rights. I examine the interaction between the Court and member state governments in legal integration, and also the integral role that women's advocates—both individual activists and groups—have played in the development of EU social provisions. The findings sug…
The European Court of Human Rights, Amicus Curiae, and Violence against Women
Are international courts and advocacy group legal mobilization shaping human rights politics? This question poses a theoretical and empirical challenge to state dominated understandings of international litigation. This article theorizes the interaction between advocacy groups and the European Court of Human Rights and the role this participation plays in the enforcement and development of human rights. The analyses examine institutional factors …
Integrating the environment: The European Court and the construction of supranational policy
The European Court of Justice operates to expand the integration project by serving as an arena for transnational political action carried out by national and supranational policy actors. This article examines this dynamic through the evolution of environmental protection policy in the European Union. The data presented in this analysis pertain to Article 177 of the Treaty of Rome. The Article 177 procedure reveals the Court's role in constructin…
Legal Mobilization, Transnational Activism, and Gender Equality in the EU
This article examines how EU rights and laws serve as legal opportunity structures for women’s rights activists in Europe. Further, it examines what effects this transnational activism has on the permanence and inclusion of public interests and gender equality in EU legal and political processes. The analysis examines the legal domain of EU women’s rights over a thirty-year period. Methodologically, the study relies on case law analysis, primary …
Mobilisation, Litigation and Democratic Governance
This analysis examines the interaction between advocacy groups and the European Court of Human Rights in the mobilisation and development of rights. The article is also concerned with the effects of this litigation on democratic governance. The study includes an original dataset of ECtHR judgments from 1960 to 2006 and examines the frequency and effects of societal group participation. The findings illustrate that rather than undermining democrac…
Integrating the environment: The European Court and the construction of supranational policy
The European Court of Justice operates to expand the integration project by serving as an arena for transnational political action carried out by national and supranational policy actors. This article examines this dynamic through the evolution of environmental protection policy in the European Union. The data presented in this analysis pertain to Article 177 of the Treaty of Rome. The Article 177 procedure reveals the Court's role in constructin…
Western Dreams, Eastern Realities: Support for the European Union in Central and Eastern Europe
Much of our recent scholarship argues that public support in member countries is integral to the success of European Union (EU) policies and initiatives. Despite growing evidence that public support is also often crucial to attaining (and sustaining) EU membership—as evidenced by the volatile Maastricht referenda in Denmark and France and the unsuccessful Norwegian accession—there is little systematic research on accession countries. This study d…
Women's Rights, the European Court, and Supranational Constitutionalism
This analysis examines supranational constitutionalism in the European Union (EU). In particular, the study focuses on the role of the European Court of Justice in the creation of women's rights. I examine the interaction between the Court and member state governments in legal integration, and also the integral role that women's advocates—both individual activists and groups—have played in the development of EU social provisions. The findings sug…
Courts, Rights, and Democratic Participation
This article examines the connection between rights, courts, and the changing nature of democratic participation. The general comparative model developed is then applied to a time-series analysis of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The article is the first to offer a systematic social science analysis of ECHR decisions with particular emphasis on changing democratic opportunities for individuals at both the domestic and supranational le…
The European Court and Civil Society: Litigation, Mobilization and Governance
The European Union today stands on the brink of radical institutional and constitutional change. The most recent enlargement and proposed legal reforms reflect a commitment to democracy: stabilizing political life for citizens governed by new regimes, and constructing a European Union more accountable to civil society. Despite the perceived novelty of these reforms, this book explains (through quantitative data and qualitative case analyses) how …
Judicial Politics and the Courts
This article views law, courts, and constitutionalism using a gendered perspective. It examines several key debates and improvements in this field of study and presents a detailed conceptual framework of law and courts. In the next section, the article discusses three major areas that define the scholarship in this field (and are of special interest to scholars of gender and politics), namely, gender and the courts, gender, constitutionalism and …
Legal Mobilization, Transnational Activism, and Gender Equality in the EU
This article examines how EU rights and laws serve as legal opportunity structures for women’s rights activists in Europe. Further, it examines what effects this transnational activism has on the permanence and inclusion of public interests and gender equality in EU legal and political processes. The analysis examines the legal domain of EU women’s rights over a thirty-year period. Methodologically, the study relies on case law analysis, primary …
Mobilisation, Litigation and Democratic Governance
This analysis examines the interaction between advocacy groups and the European Court of Human Rights in the mobilisation and development of rights. The article is also concerned with the effects of this litigation on democratic governance. The study includes an original dataset of ECtHR judgments from 1960 to 2006 and examines the frequency and effects of societal group participation. The findings illustrate that rather than undermining democrac…
The European Court of Human Rights, Amicus Curiae, and Violence against Women
Are international courts and advocacy group legal mobilization shaping human rights politics? This question poses a theoretical and empirical challenge to state dominated understandings of international litigation. This article theorizes the interaction between advocacy groups and the European Court of Human Rights and the role this participation plays in the enforcement and development of human rights. The analyses examine institutional factors …
European Human Rights Justice and Privatisation: The Growing Influence of Foreign Private Funds
Law (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Politics (10 works) · Public Administration (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · European and International Law Studies (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Human rights (6 works) · Public Administration (6 works) · Democracy (5 works)