Human rights activists Roger Normand and Sarah Zaidi provide a broad political history of the emergence and development of the human rights movement in the 20th century through the crucible of the United Nations, focusing on the hopes and expectations, concrete power struggles, national rivalries, and bureaucratic politics that molded the international system of human rights law. The book emphasizes the period before and after the creation of the UN, when human rights ideas and proposals were shaped and transformed by the hard-edged realities of power politics and bureaucratic imperatives. It also analyzes the expansion of the human rights framework in response to demands for equitable development after decolonization and organized efforts by women, minorities, and other disadvantaged groups to secure international recognition of their rights.
| ISBN: | 9780253219343 |
| Publication date: | 9th January 2008 |
| Author: | Roger Normand, Sarah Zaidi |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 456 pages |
| Series: | United Nations Intellectual History Project Series |
| Genres: |
International relations Human rights, civil rights |
Human rights activists Roger Normand and Sarah Zaidi provide a broad political history of the emergence and development of the human rights movement in the 20th century through the crucible of the United Nations, focusing on the hopes and expectations, concrete power struggles, national rivalries, and bureaucratic politics that molded the international system of human rights law. The book emphasizes the period before and after the creation of the UN, when human rights ideas and proposals were shaped and transformed by the hard-edged realities of power politics and bureaucratic imperatives. It also analyzes the expansion of the human rights framework in response to demands for equitable development after decolonization and organized efforts by women, minorities, and other disadvantaged groups to secure international recognition of their rights.
Human Rights at the UN features in the following genres: International relations, Human rights, civil rights
Human Rights at the UN is available in Paperback
Human Rights at the UN was written by Roger Normand, Sarah Zaidi and published by Indiana University Press
Human Rights at the UN has 456 pages
Yes it is part of United Nations Intellectual History Project Series series