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US Hegemony and the Project of Universal Human Rights

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  • © 1996

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Authors:
  1. Tony Evans

    1. University of Southampton, UK

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Part of the book series: Southampton Studies in International Policy (SSIP)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Tony Evans
    Pages 1-12

  3. Universal Human Rights and International Regimes

    • Tony Evans
    Pages 13-47

  4. Human Rights and Post-War Reconstruction

    • Tony Evans
    Pages 48-71

  5. An International Bill of Human Rights

    • Tony Evans
    Pages 72-100

  6. Human Rights and Hegemony

    • Tony Evans
    Pages 101-120

  7. The International Covenants on Human Rights

    • Tony Evans
    Pages 121-147

  8. Implementation and Foreign Policy

    • Tony Evans
    Pages 148-175

  9. Conclusion and Speculation

    • Tony Evans
    Pages 176-191

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 192-244
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Human rights is often claimed as the 'idea' of our time. However, although considerable time, energy and resources have been invested in the idea, and extravagant claims are often made about progress in providing machinery for the protection of human rights, there are few signs that violations are any less common than in the past. This book argues that while the USA was instrumental in establishing the 'idea' of human rights as a dominant theme in the day-to-day rhetoric of international relations, powerful economic and political interests succeeded in ensuring that a strong international regime for the protection of human rights did not emerge.

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    Tony Evans

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