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The United States and human rights : looking inward and outward
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"The first part of the book deals with human rights issues in American society. The contributors focus on how international human rights standards could improve American society in several areas, i...
"The first part of the book deals with human rights issues in American society. The contributors focus on how international human rights standards could improve American society in several areas, including health care, the labor force, and refugee and immigration affairs. Other essays analyze why the United States has been hesitant to ratify human rights treaties. The second part of the book deals with human rights issues in American foreign policy, considering both stated ideals and the practical application of those ideals. Of particular interest are the impact of public opinion on humanitarian assistance and support for democracy abroad, and how the persistent issue of universal human rights affects U.S. relations with the United Nations, human rights organizations, indigenous peoples, and particular countries."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Creator
- edited by David P. Forsythe
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2000]
- ©2000
- Physical Details
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- xxviii, 404 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780803220089, 0803220081
- OCLC
- ocm42002790
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Preface / Harry G. Barnes, Jr. -- Introduction / David P. Forsythe -- Human Rights and Policy Choice. 1. The Defeat of Comprehensive Health Care Reform: A Human Rights Perspective / Audrey Chapman. 2. Economic Globalization and American Society / Kelly-Kate Pease. 3. In Search of a U.S. Refugee Policy / Mark Gibney -- The United States and Human Rights Treaties. 4. U.S. Ratification of the Other Half of the International Bill of Rights / Barbara Stark. 5. The United States and the American Convention on Human Rights: Prospects and Problems of Ratification / Christina Cerna. 6. Spare the RUD or Spoil the Treaty: The United States Challenges the Human Rights Committee on Reservations / William A. Schabas -- Public Opinion and Private Action. 7. Public Opinion on Human Rights in American Foreign Policy / Ole Holsti. 8. U.S. Foreign Policy and the Human Rights Movement: New Strategies for a Global Era / Ellen Dorsey -- Democracy Abroad. 9. Democracy and U.S. Foreign Policy: Concepts and Complexities / Jack Donnelly. 10. U.S. Foreign Policy, Democracy, and Human Rights: Barriers to Action in the Middle East / Stephen Zunes. 11. U.S. Foreign Policy, Democracy, and the Islamic World / Christopher Joyner -- Multilateralism. 12. The United States, the IMF, and Human Rights: A Policy-Relevant Approach / Linda Camp Keith and Steven C. Poe. 13. The United States, Development, and Indigenous Peoples / Robert K. Hitchcock. 14. U.S. Targeting of International Humanitarian Assistance / George Kent. 15. Human Rights, UN Institutions, and the United States / Patrick Flood -- U.S. and Asian Views on Human Rights: Prospects for Convergence / Mark Hong