Struggle Over Human Rights - The Non-Aligned Movement, Jimmy Carter, and Neoliberalism

Informationen zum Autor Courtney Hercus holds a doctorate in international relations from Macquarie University. Klappentext The Struggle over Human Rights uses empirical evidence to prove that pressures placed by the NIEO on the international system shaped the human rights doctrine of the Carter administration. Carter's strategy relegated economic rights to a "basic needs" approach and sharpened the definition of international human rights to serve the US world order. Zusammenfassung The Struggle over Human Rights uses empirical evidence to prove that pressures placed by the NIEO on the international system shaped the human rights doctrine of the Carter administration. Carter’s strategy relegated economic rights to a “basic needs” approach and sharpened the definition of international human rights to serve the US world order. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter 1 - The Historical Lineage of Twentieth Century Rights Discourse Chapter 2 - Human Rights, The US and International Activism: 1941-1962Chapter 3 - International Human Rights Activism Between 1963 and 1976: The Escalation of Concurrent Social Forces Chapter 4 - Economic Rights and the Presidency of Jimmy CarterChapter 5 - The Legacy of Carter's Human Rights DoctrineConclusionBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Product details

• Authors: Courtney Hercus
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781498574013
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7401-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Society & culture: general, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Politics & government, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, Society and culture: general, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, Central / national / federal government policies, Central / national / federal government, Central government policies, Central government