Global Good Samaritans: Human Rights as Foreign Policy

by Alison Brysk

Book Overview

In a troubled world where millions die at the hands of their own governments and societies, some states risk their citizens' lives, considerable portions of their national budgets, and repercussions from opposing states to protect helpless foreigners. Dozens of Canadian peacekeepers have died in Afghanistan defending humanitarian reconstruction in a shattered faraway land with no ties to their own. Each year, Sweden contributes over $3 billion to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195381572
• ISBN13: 9780195381573
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"