Poland''s Solidarity Movement and the Global Politics of Human Rights

Sommario

Introduction; 1. The Rise of Dissent in Poland; 2. Dissent and the Politics of Human Rights; 3. 'The Principle of Non-Interference as Laid Down in the Helsinki Final Act': the Polish crisis, the Cold War, and Human Rights; 4. The End of the Ideological Age: Human Rights and Ostpolitik; 5. Solidarity, Human Rights, and Anti-Totalitarianism in France; 6. The 'Bedrock of Human Rights': US Labor, Neoconservatism, and Human Rights; 7. Letters from Prison: the Prisoner of Conscience and the Symbolic Politics of Human Rights; 8. Lech Wä¿sa, the symbolism of the Nobel Peace Prize, and Global Human Rights Culture; 9. General Pinochecki: Poland, Chile, and the Global Politics of Human Rights Culture; 10. Human Rights and the End of the Cold War; Epilogue.

Info autore

Robert Brier is a historian focusing on the intersection of international relations and intellectual history in the late twentieth century. He was Senior Researcher at the German Historical Institute in Warsaw from 2008–2015 and taught International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science from 2015–2018.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert Brier
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9781108460491
• ISBN: 978-1-108-46049-1
• Pagine: 285
• Serie: Human Rights in History
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; European History, Human Rights, HISTORY / Europe / General, Poland, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Human rights, civil rights