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Table of Contents:

• Introduction. The New Moral Order: Between Human Dignity and Territorial Sovereignty
• 1. Raising the Bar, 1900-1949
• Pt. I. An Emerging Human Rights Orthodoxy: The First Round
• 2. Cold War Politics and Human Rights Publics: The International Antiapartheid and Soviet Dissident Movements, 1952-90
• 3. Mothers' Courage and U.N. Monitoring of Disappearance, 1973-83
• Pt. II. The Debate Continues: Critics and New Mechanisms
• 4. The Gender Factor since the 1970s: Universality and the Private Sphere
• 5. Citizenship, Socioeconomic Rights, and the Courts in the Age of Transnational Migrations
• Pt. III. Human Rights at a Crossroads: Wars, Crimes, and Priorities
• 6. Ethnic Violence, Humanitarian Intervention, and Criminal Accountability in the 1990s
• 7. September 2001 and History
• Conclusion: Making a Difference.

Author/Creator:

Quataert, Jean H. (Jean Helen), 1945-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Advocating dignity: human rights mobilizations in global politics [by Quataert, J.H.]

Related Series:

Pennsylvania studies in human rights

Subjects:

Human rights

Citizenship

Ethnic conflict

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

xiii, 355 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Call Numbers:

JC571 .Q465 2009

ISBNs:

9780812241631 (alk. paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2009004277

OCLC Numbers:

290494397