Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 343 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781316422397
Series Statement:
Human rights in history
Content:
"In this definitive new account of the emergence of human rights activism in post-war Britain, Tom Buchanan shows how disparate individuals, organisations and causes gradually came to acquire a common identity as "human rights activists". This was a slow process whereby a coalition of activists, working on causes ranging from anti-fascism, anti-apartheid and decolonisation to civil liberties and the peace movement, began to come together under the banner of human rights. The launch of Amnesty International in 1961, and its landmark winning of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977 provided a model and inspiration to many new activist movements in "the field of human rights", and helped to affect major changes towards public and political attitudes towards human rights issues across the globe"--
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 978-1-10712-751-7
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback ISBN 978-1-107-56655-2
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Großbritannien
;
Menschenrecht
;
Aktivismus
;
Amnesty International
;
Geschichte 1945-1977
DOI:
10.1017/9781316422397
URL:
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