U S Human Rights Policy Toward The Soviet Union

Author : Debra Liang-Fenton
Publisher : US Institute of Peace Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 192922348X

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Implementing U.S. Human Rights Policy by Debra Liang-Fenton Pdf

Since the 1970s, the promotion of human rights has been an explicit goal of U.S. foreign policy. Successive presidents have joined with senators and representatives, hundreds of NGOs, and millions of ordinary citizens in deploring human rights abuses and urging that American power and influence be used to right such wrongs. Vigorous debates, bold declarations, and well-crafted legislation have shaped numerous policies designed to counter abuses and promote U.S. values across the globe. But have such policies actually worked? This incomparable volume answers that question by spotlighting no fewer than 14 cases spanning four continents and 25 years. In each case, a distinguished author charts efforts to implement U.S. policy and highlights the problems encountered. The chapters explore the interaction between competing moral, economic, and security considerations; examine the different challenges facing policymakers in Washington and practitioners in-country; and assess what worked, what did not work, and why. Throughout, the emphasis is on discovering useful lessons and offering practical advice to those considering new initiatives or trying to improve existing efforts. Packed with insights, Implementing U.S. Human Rights Policy offers an even-handed and highly readable synopsis of the major human rights challenges of our times.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Human rights
ISBN : UCR:31210015720640

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U.S. Human Rights Policy Toward the Soviet Union by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs Pdf

Author : Joe Renouard
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780812247732

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Human Rights in American Foreign Policy by Joe Renouard Pdf

Global in scope and ambitious in scale, Human Rights in American Foreign Policy examines American responses to a broad array of human rights violations.

Author : Sanjay Gupta
Publisher : Northern Book Centre
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : 817211091X

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Dynamics of Human Rights in the US Foreign Policy by Sanjay Gupta Pdf

The book revolves around the role of the US federal government in the protection and promotion of human rights at the global level. A comparative analysis of human rights policy of different US Presidencies toward various regions of the world is analysed. The book discusses the broad theoretical perspectives on human rights and goes on to trace the growth and development of human rights in the US foreign policy from the time of American Declaration of Independence of 1776. In particular, it assesses the role of Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan in addressing the global human rights issues. Besides, the US policy toward the former Soviet Union, China and Latin America has also been elaborately examined. The US Declaration of Independence of 1776 together with the Bill of Rights of 1791 constitutes the bedrock of US commitment and dedication to human rights. The great American statesmen—Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt and Carter rendered yeomen service to the cause of human rights, both at home and the world at large. However, in practice, the concern for human rights during the successive US administrations has not been consistent as there were occasions when the US gave greater weightage to strategic-military relations and economic considerations than to human rights. Besides, there were instances when the US became a passive collaborator to human rights abuses committed by several of its allies, particularly in Latin America and Asia. Also, there were certain Presidencies as Nixon and Reagan that gave more rhetorical speeches and statements on human rights with little follow-up action. On the whole, the US human rights policy has been active, assertive and dynamic, and its application been region and situation specific.

Author : Donald P. Kommers,Gil Loescher
Publisher : Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015002197757

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Human Rights and American Foreign Policy by Donald P. Kommers,Gil Loescher Pdf

Monograph on human rights practice, with particular reference to the foreign policy of the USA - reviews the international situation, political theories concerning individual and minority group rights, approaches to human rights in the USSR, developed countries, developing countries, etc., And covers the role of ILO, role of UN and of nongovernmental organizations. Bibliography at the end of each part and references.

Author : Alfred Glenn Mower
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1987-10-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015012823723

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Human Rights and American Foreign Policy by Alfred Glenn Mower Pdf

This important work provides a comparison of the human rights policies of the Carter and Reagan administrations, developed through a general survey of these policies, a reliance on extensive interviewing and congressional hearings, and four case studies. The book deals first with the background of the human rights foreign policies of the two administrations, their conceptual frameworks, rationales, systems of priorities, the objectives they sought, and the selection of national situations to which the policies were applied. The survey then proceeds to identify and describe the sources of the policies, both legal political, international treaties and agreements, national legislation, and the bureaucracy and Congress. It also examines actions taken to implement the policies and diplomatic pressures and inducements. The case studies describe and compare the approaches of the two administrations to the human rights situations in South Africa, Chile, South Korea, and the Soviet Union.

Author : Council of Europe. Commissioner for Human Rights
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9287169470

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Andrei Sakharov and Human Rights by Council of Europe. Commissioner for Human Rights Pdf

Andrei Sakharov, Nobel Peace Prize winner and physicist, was a leading human rights activist in the Soviet Union, and one of the world's great thinkers. His principled messages contributed To The non-violent, revolutionary changes of 1989, and continue to influence work in favour of justice and human rights today. This book, containing selected human rights texts, Is published as part of a series of initiatives highlighting how acutely relevant his ideas remain in our time.

Author : Sarah B. Snyder
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231547215

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From Selma to Moscow by Sarah B. Snyder Pdf

The 1960s marked a transformation of human rights activism in the United States. At a time of increased concern for the rights of their fellow citizens—civil and political rights, as well as the social and economic rights that Great Society programs sought to secure—many Americans saw inconsistencies between domestic and foreign policy and advocated for a new approach. The activism that arose from the upheavals of the 1960s fundamentally altered U.S. foreign policy—yet previous accounts have often overlooked its crucial role. In From Selma to Moscow, Sarah B. Snyder traces the influence of human rights activists and advances a new interpretation of U.S. foreign policy in the “long 1960s.” She shows how transnational connections and social movements spurred American activism that achieved legislation that curbed military and economic assistance to repressive governments, created institutions to monitor human rights around the world, and enshrined human rights in U.S. foreign policy making for years to come. Snyder analyzes how Americans responded to repression in the Soviet Union, racial discrimination in Southern Rhodesia, authoritarianism in South Korea, and coups in Greece and Chile. By highlighting the importance of nonstate and lower-level actors, Snyder shows how this activism established the networks and tactics critical to the institutionalization of human rights. A major work of international and transnational history, From Selma to Moscow reshapes our understanding of the role of human rights activism in transforming U.S. foreign policy in the 1960s and 1970s and highlights timely lessons for those seeking to promote a policy agenda resisted by the White House.

Author : Human Rights Watch
Publisher : Human Rights Watch
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0929692837

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Human Rights Watch World Report 1990 by Human Rights Watch Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1032 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : United States
ISBN : WISC:89007314313

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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1949: Eastern Europe; the Soviet Union by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Europe, Eastern
ISBN : UCSD:31822021887179

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U.S. Policy Toward Eastern Europe by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : International economic relations
ISBN : MINN:31951D00816799Y

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The U.S. Role in a Changing World Political Economy by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anton Weiss-Wendt
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780299312909

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The Soviet Union and the Gutting of the UN Genocide Convention by Anton Weiss-Wendt Pdf

How both the Soviet Union and the United States manipulated and weakened the drafting of the United Nations Genocide Convention treaty in the midst of the Cold War.

Author : Albert Szymanski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015027241341

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Human Rights in the Soviet Union by Albert Szymanski Pdf

A Note on Sources

Author : Robert J. McMahon
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198859543

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The Cold War: a Very Short Introduction by Robert J. McMahon Pdf

Vividly written and based on up-to-date scholarship, this title provides an interpretive overview of the international history of the Cold War.