Human Rights Activism and the End of the Cold War - A Transnational History of the Helsinki Network

Informationen zum Autor Sarah B. Snyder is a Lecturer in International History at University College London. She has published a number of scholarly articles in journals such as Cold War History, Diplomacy and Statecraft, the Journal of Transatlantic Studies and the Journal of American Studies, as well as multiple book chapters. Dr Snyder specializes in transnational, international and diplomatic history. Klappentext Explores how a network of human rights activists emerged post-1975! and over time fundamentally reshaped East-West diplomacy. Zusammenfassung Explores how! in the aftermath of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act in 1975! a transnational network of activists committed to human rights in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe made human rights a central element of East-West diplomacy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Bridging the East-West divide: the Helsinki Final Act negotiations; 2. 'A sort of lifeline': the Helsinki Commission; 3. Even in a Yakutian village: Helsinki monitoring in Moscow and beyond; 4. Follow-up at Belgrade: the United States transforms the Helsinki process; 5. Helsinki watch, the IHF, and the transnational campaign for human rights in Eastern Europe; 6. Human rights in East-West diplomacy; 7. 'A debate in the fox den about raising chickens': the Moscow conference proposal; 8. 'Perhaps without you, our revolution would not be'; Conclusion.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Sarah Snyder, Sarah B Snyder, Sarah B. Snyder, Sarah B. (University College London) Snyder, Snyder Sarah B.
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 20.06.2011
• EAN: 9781107001053
• ISBN: 978-1-107-00105-3
• Seiten: 304
• Serien: Human Rights in History; Human Rights in History
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, LAW / International, LAW / Public, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, International Relations, General & world history, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, General and world history, Human rights, civil rights, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law