Product Description
This new edition of David Forsythe’s successful textbook provides an authoritative overview of the place of human rights in international politics in an age of terrorism. The book focuses on four central themes: the resilience of human rights norms, the importance of ’soft’ law, the key role of non-governmental organizations, and the changing nature of state sovereignty. Human rights standards are examined according to global, regional, and national levels of analy… More >>
Human Rights in International Relations
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#1 by Anonymous on April 19, 2010 - 12:37 am
I found this book to be a very good summary of international human rights. If you are looking for a place to start, I think this book is very clear. It is not particularly challengeing to understand, nor is it profound, but it does a good job of laying the foundation of the current internalinal human rights regieme as it exisits today.
Rating: 3 / 5