Reagan, Congress, and Human Rights: Contesting Morality in Us Foreign Policy

by Rasmus Sinding Søndergaard

This book traces the role of human rights concerns in US foreign policy during the 1980s, focusing on the struggle among the Reagan administration and members of Congress. It demonstrates how congressional pressure led the administration to reconsider its approach to human rights and craft a conservative human rights policy centered on democracy promotion and anti-communism - a decision which would have profound implications for American attention...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110849563X
• ISBN13: 9781108495639
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.1"