Human Rights and US Foreign Policy

by Jan Hancock and Hancock Jan

Book Overview

This book analyzes the role of human rights in the foreign policy of the George W. Bush Administrations.

References to human rights, freedom and democracy became prominent explanations for post-9/11 foreign policy, yet human rights have been neither impartially nor universally integrated into decision-making. Jan Hancock addresses this apparent paradox by considering three distinct explanations. The first position holds that human rights...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415543428
• ISBN13: 9780415543422
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"