The role of human rights in foreign policy

Author(s)

• Baehr, P. R. (Peter R.)

Bibliographic Information

The role of human rights in foreign policy

Peter R. Baehr ; foreword by Peter Kooijmans

Macmillan, 1994

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Human rights has become a main feature of present-day international politics. This book is about the role of human rights in foreign policy. In the first part a number of problems and dilemmas in the field of human rights which confront policy-makers, are discussed. The second part is about the place of human rights in the foreign policy of a number of selected states. The text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is attached.

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• P.Kooijmans - Preface - PART 1: GENERAL - Introduction - Universality and Cultural Relativism - Policy Choices - Policy Instruments - Domestic Sources of Foreign Policy - Intergovernmental Organizations - PART 2: SPECIFIC - The United States - The Soviet Union and its Successors - Western Europe - The Third World - The Netherlands - Concluding Observations - Appendix: Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Literature - Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA23940847
• ISBN:
  • 0333588193
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Basingstoke, Hampshire
• Pages/Volumes: x, 210 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : K3240.4
  • DC20 : 341.4/81
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Human rights
  • LCSH : International relations