Human Rights and World Politics (Second Edition)

by David P. Forsythe

By the 1980s the concept of internationally recognized human rights was being reinforced by a growing body of international law and by the multiplication of agencies concerned with such matters as torture in Paraguay, slavery in Mauritania, the British use of force in Northern Ireland, and starvation and malnutrition in East Africa and Southeast Asia. No matter how much a national leader might find it more convenient to focus on other matters, some...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803268696
• ISBN13: 9780803268692
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.5"