In Defence of Principles: NGOs and Human Rights in Canada

by Andrew S. Thompson

Since 9/11 and the onset of the "war on terror," the principal challenge confronting liberal democracies has been to balance freedom with security and individual with collective rights. In Defence of Principles sheds new light on the evolution of human rights norms in liberal democracies by charting the activism of four Canadian NGOs on issues of refugee rights, hate speech, and the death penalty, including their use of difficult, often controversial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774818611
• ISBN13: 9780774818612
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 224 Pages