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The Breakthrough: Human Rights in the 197s

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Description for The Breakthrough: Human Rights in the 197s Paperback. The Breakthrough is the first collection to examine key developments in both Western and non-Western engagement with human rights in the period between the 1960s and the 1980s. Editor(s): Eckel, Jan; Moyn, Samuel. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; JPVH; LBBR; LNDC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 517.

Between the 1960s and the 1980s, the human rights movement achieved unprecedented global prominence. Amnesty International attained striking visibility with its Campaign Against Torture; Soviet dissidents attracted a worldwide audience for their heroism in facing down a totalitarian state; the Helsinki Accords were signed, incorporating a "third basket" of human rights principles; and the Carter administration formally gave the United States a human rights policy.
The Breakthrough is the first collection to examine this decisive era as a whole, tracing key developments in both Western and non-Western engagement with human rights and placing new emphasis on the role of ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812223316
SKU
V9780812223316
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About Jan Eckel
Jan Eckel teaches history at the University of Freiburg. Samuel Moyn, Professor of Law and History at Harvard University, is the author of The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History and editor of the journal Humanity.

Reviews for The Breakthrough: Human Rights in the 197s
"A fascinating collection of essays . . . an eclectic set of readings bringing in perspectives from around the globe on human rights developments during the 1970s."
Human Rights Quarterly
"Editors Moyn and Eckel present an impressive European-American research effort to understand the efflorescence of human rights organizations and activity over the past century. . . . the ... Read more

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