| Description |
xiv, 242 pages ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"The Rise and Rise of Human Rights investigates the evolution of the ideal and reveals a political history played out by presidents and foreign ministers, diplomats and journalists, prosecutors and advocates. All, in their different ways, have invoked human rights as both a solution to domestic problems, and as a cause around which to rally support for interventions abroad. Drawing together documentary evidence from the United States, Britain and France, the book shows how human rights crusades have been designed primarily to enhance the West's self-image, and to court domestic public opinion. As a consequence, these policies have aided powerful benefactors rather than their supposed beneficiaries in broken and war-ravaged nations." -- BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Human rights |
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International relations |
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Power (Politics) |
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Opinion manipulation |
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War crimes |
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Tribunals |
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Pressure groups |
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History, 1946-1999 |
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Overseas item |
| Notes |
Errata slip inserted |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Human rights.
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Human rights -- History.
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| LC no. |
2003363625 |
| ISBN |
0750927550 : |
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