Missing Our Comparative Advantage? Analysis from the Human Rights Frontier

The ever-widening application of "rights"-based discourse and practice worldwide raises critical research questions which comparative politics scholars are uniquely well-suited to analyze. Yet comparativists often shy away from human rights inquiry. The authors of this article explore the professional deterrents and intellectual challenges that he behind this paradox Drawing on their expertise on transitional Justice and economic rights, they also indicate concrete ways in which the mass, scope and depth of comparative politics scholarship on human rights could be significantly increased.