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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University of Southampton, UK

Tony Evans

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TONY EVANS

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Book Title: US Hegemony and the Project of Universal Human Rights
Authors: Tony Evans
Series Title: Southampton Studies in International Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230380103
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1996
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-63796-8Published: 18 March 1996
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-38010-3Published: 18 March 1996
Series ISSN: 0956-5043
Series E-ISSN: 2946-8418
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 244
Topics: International Relations, Human Rights, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights

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