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Publisher
University of Missouri Press
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
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Description
"Essays retrace the historical development of rights in the West, assessing the influence of Locke, Burke, and the authors of the Declaration of Independence to clarify the experience of rights within the Western tradition, showing that rights need to be rethought so that they may again truly serve the human good"--Provided by publisher.
Series
Significant issues volume 27, no. 5
Publisher
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
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Publisher
Brookings Institution Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Examines the effectiveness of a key endeavor by the United Nations to monitor and influence human rights through a unique body of independent experts, appointed by countries to investigate, analyze, and report on the whole spectrum of human rights problems around the world"--Provided by publisher.
20) Human rights activism and the end of the cold war: a transnational history of the Helsinki network
Author
Series
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"This book explores how a network of human rights activists emerged in the aftermath of the 1975 Helsinki Final Act and over time fundamentally reshaped East-West diplomacy"--
"Two of the most pressing questions facing international historians today are how and why the Cold War ended. Human Rights Activism and the End of the Cold War explores how, in the aftermath of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act in 1975, a transnational network of activists...
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