Author:
Quataert, Jean H. (Jean Helen), 1945-
Imprint:Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009.
Descriptionxiii, 355 p. : maps, charts ; 24 cm.
Note:The new moral order : between human dignity and territorial sovereignty -- Raising the bar, 1900-1949 -- An emerging human rights orthodoxy : the first round -- Cold War politics and human rights publics : the international antiapartheid and Soviet dissident movements, 1952-90 -- Mothers' courage and U.N. monitoring of disappearance, 1973-83 -- The debate continues : critics and new mechanisms -- The gender factor since the 1970s : universality and the private sphere -- Citizenship, socioeconomic rights, and the courts in the age of transnational migrations -- Human rights at a crossroads : wars, crimes, and priorities -- Ethnic violence, humanitarian intervention, and criminal accountability in the 1990s -- September 2001 and history -- Making a difference.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.