Format:
xi, 279 p
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0203805275
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0415885116
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9781136646942
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9780415885119
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9781280777141
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9780203805275
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies on History and Globalization
Content:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Content:
Globalizing Human Rights explores the complexities of the role human rights played in U.S.-Soviet relations during the 1970s and 1980s. It will show how private citizens exploited the larger effects of contemporary globalization and the language of the Final Act to enlist the U.S. government in a global campaign against Soviet/Eastern European human rights violations. A careful examination of this development shows the limitations of existing literature on the Reagan and Carter administrations' efforts to promote internal reform in USSR. It also reveals how the Carter administration and privat
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Front Cover; Globalizing Human Rights; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The Human Rights Weapon Emerges: Private Citizens and the U.S. Congress, 1975-1977; 3. Setting the Stage for a Superpower Confrontation: Jimmy Carter, the Soviet Union, and Human Rights, 1975-1976; 4. The Carter Administration Wields the Human Rights Weapon, January 1977-August 1978; 5. The Soviet Government, Private Citizens, and Human Rights, January 1977-August 1978
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6. A Delicate Balancing Act Topples: The Carter Administration, Human Rights, and Private Citizens, September 1978-January 19817. The Soviet Government, Private Citizens, and Human Rights, September 1978-January 1981; 8. The Reagan Administration's "Conservative" and "Private" Human Rights Campaign, January 1981-November 1985; 9. The Soviet Government and Dissenters: Human Rights, Peace, and Détente, January 1981-September 1986; 10. Holding Mikhail Gorbachev and Soviet Bureaucrats Accountable: U.S.-Soviet Relations, Human Rights, and the Final Act, December 1985-January 1989
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11. Revolutions from Above and Below: Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet Bureaucrats, and Human Rights12. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
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Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1280775270
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Globalizing Human Rights : Private Citizens, the Soviet Union, and the West
Language:
English
Keywords:
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