Decolonization and the Evolution of International Human Rights

Decolonization and the Evolution of International Human Rights Burke Roland Wydawca: University of Pennsylvania Press Data wydania: 2013 ISBN: 9780812222586 Liczba stron: 240 Format: 152 x 228 x 19 Rodzaj oprawy: Paperback / softback Opis produktu: This book challenges traditional accounts of the Third World s contribution to international human rights. It demonstrates that diplomats from Third World countries helped both to radicalize the UN human rights agenda in the heyday of decolonization and to undermine that agenda by advancing cultural relativism as an excuse for abuses in the 1970s.