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American dream global nightmare the dilemma of U. S. human rights policy

Sydney Vogelgesang
Bibliographic Details
Title: American dream global nightmare the dilemma of U. S. human rights policy
Author(s): Sydney Vogelgesang
Call Number: Cancel 1991-92
Accession: 957
Content

Foreword by NORMAN COUSINS 7

Acknowledgments 9

Introduction 15

 

PART I

 

Chapter 1 CAMBODIA Escape from Genocide 31

Chapter 2 DIPLOMACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS 46

A look at a new global problem what options are open for US foreign policy and how response to that crisis bears on American national interest

 

PART II

 

Chapter 3 SOVIET UNION Exile for Political Protest 95

Chapter 4 POLITICS OF HUMAN RIGHTS 110

A look at the domestic political considerations behind US promotion of human rights the historical record the change in the 1970s and some projections

 

PART III

 

Chapter 5 EL SALVADOR Existence in Poverty 163

Chapter 6 ECONOMICS OF HUMAN RIGHTS 181

A look at the promotion of economic and social rights arguments and implications and the use of economic measures to promote human rights types and consequences

 

Conclusion 241

 

Bibliography 273

Appendix Major Documents on Human Rights 287

Index 293

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