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Human Rights in International Relations » (2nd Edition)

Book cover image of Human Rights in International Relations by David P. Forsythe

Authors: David P. Forsythe
ISBN-13: 9780521684279, ISBN-10: 0521684277
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: March 2006
Edition: 2nd Edition

Author Biography: David P. Forsythe

David P. Forsythe is Charles J. Mach Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He is the author of numerous International Relations titles including The Humanitarians: The International Committee of the Red Cross (2005) and Human Rights and US Foreign Policy: Congress Reconsidered (1988) which won the Manning J. Dauer Prize.

Book Synopsis

New edition of successful textbook surveying international human rights in an age of terrorism.

1	Introduction : human rights in international relations	3
2	Establishing human rights standards	29
3	Global application of human rights norms	57
4	Transitional justice : criminal courts and alternatives	89
5	Regional application of human rights norms	121
6	Human rights and foreign policy in comparative perspective	152
7	Non-governmental organizations and human rights	188
8	Transnational corporations and human rights	218
9	The politics of liberalism in a realist world	251