The future of human rights : U.S. policy for a new era
The essays in this volume provide thematic assessments of the current state of global human rights programs as well as prescriptions for once again making the United States a respected and forceful proponent of human rights. Topics include democracy promotion, women's rights, refugee policy, religious freedom, labor standards, and economic, social, and cultural rights, among many others. Taken together, the essays converge on one overarching point: to attract the widest support, the U.S. commitment to universal human rights should be presented as reflecting the best of the American tradition
Print Book, English, ©2008
University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, ©2008
Aufsatzsammlung
viii, 314 pages ; 24 cm.
9780812241112, 9780812220759, 0812241118, 0812220757
226296406
Introduction—William Schulz1. Fighting from Strength: Human Rights and the Challenge of Terrorism—Elisa Massimino2. National Security and the Rule of Law: Self-Inflicted Wounds—John Shattuck3. The United States and the Future of Humanitarian Intervention—Rachel Kleinfeld4. Matching Means with Intentions: Sanctions and Human Rights—George A. Lopez5. Setting the Record Straight: Why Now Is Not the Time to Abandon Democracy Promotion—Jennifer L. Windsor6. A Tale of Two Traditions: International Cooperation and American Exceptionalism in U.S. Human Rights Policy—Catherine Powell7. Putting Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights Back on the Agenda of the United States—Philip Alston8. Strange Bedfellows: U.S. Corporations and the Pursuit of Human Rights—Debora L. Spar9. Prioritizing Workers' Rights in a Global Economy—Carol Pier and Elizabeth Drake10. Back to the Basics: Making a Commitment to Women's Human Rights—Regan E. Ralph11. Echoes Of The Future? Religious Repression as a Challenge to U.S. Human Rights Policy—Felice D. Gaer12. U.S. Asylum and Refugee Policy: The "Culture of No"—Bill Frelick13. Building Human Rights into the Government Infrastructure—Eric Schwartz14. International Human Rights: A Legislative Agenda—Alexandra ArriagaNotes