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Author Walldorf, C. William, Jr., 1967-

Title Just politics : human rights and the foreign policy of great powers / C. William Walldorf, Jr
Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2008]
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Description x, 229 pages ; 24 cm
Series Cornell studies in security affairs
Cornell studies in security affairs.
Contents Introduction : human rights and foreign policy -- Humanitarianism and commitment termination -- Suffering Christians in British-Ottoman relations -- Torture and summary execution in U.S. Latin American relations -- Apartheid in U.S. South African relations -- Human rights and vital security -- The implications of enforced humanitarian norms
Summary "Many foreign policy analysts assume that elite policymakers in liberal democracies consistently ignore humanitarian norms when these norms interfere with commercial and strategic interests. Today's endorsement by Western governments of repressive regimes in countries from Kazakhstan to Pakistan and Saudi Arabia in the name of fighting terror only reinforces this opinion. In Just Politics, C. William Walldorf, Jr., challenges this conventional wisdom. arguing that human rights concerns have often led democratic great powers to sever vital strategic partnerships even when it has not been in their interest to do so."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Human rights.
International relations.
Alliances.
SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140098
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1837-1901. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056711
LC no. 2008001248
ISBN 9780801446337 (cloth : alk. paper)