| Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 486 pages) |
| Series |
United Nations intellectual history project |
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United Nations intellectual history project (Series)
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| Contents |
First expressions of human rights ideas -- The decline of human rights between World Wars -- The human rights crusade in World War II -- Human rights politics in the United Nations charter -- Laying the human rights foundation -- The universal declaration of human rights -- The human rights covenants -- The human rights of special groups -- The right to development -- Human rights after the Cold War |
| Summary |
Human rights activists Roger Normand and Sarah Zaidi provide a broad political history of the emergence and development of the human rights movement in the 20th century through the crucible of the United Nations. The hopes and expectations, concrete power struggles, national rivalries, and bureaucratic politics that molded the international system of human rights are all points of focus in the book |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
United Nations -- History
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| SUBJECT |
United Nations fast |
| Subject |
Human rights -- History -- 20th century
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
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Human rights
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Mensenrechten.
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Verenigde Naties.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Zaidi, Sarah.
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| ISBN |
9780253000118 |
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0253000114 |
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9786612065828 |
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6612065826 |
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1282065823 |
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9781282065826 |
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