Human rights and the negotiation of American power

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Label

Human rights and the negotiation of American power

Statement of responsibility

Glenn Mitoma

Creator

• Mitoma, Glenn Tatsuya

Author

• Mitoma, Glenn Tatsuya

Subject

• United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
• United Nations, General Assembly.
• Human rights -- History -- 20th century
• Hegemony -- United States

Language

eng

Summary

"The American attitude toward human rights is deemed inconsistent, even hypocritical: while the United States is characterized (or self-characterized) as a global leader in promoting human rights, the nation has consistently restrained broader interpretations of human rights and held international enforcement mechanisms at arm's length. Human Rights and the Negotiation of American Power examines the causes, consequences, and tensions of America's growth as the leading world power after World War II alongside the flowering of the human rights movement. Through careful archival research, Glenn Mitoma reveals how the U.S. government, key civil society groups, Cold War politics, and specific individuals contributed to America's emergence as an ambivalent yet central player in establishing an international rights ethic. Mitoma focuses on the work of three American civil society organizations: the Commission to Study the Organization of Peace, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the American Bar Association--and their influence on U.S. human rights policy from the late 1930s through the 1950s. He demonstrates that the burgeoning transnational language of human rights provided two prominent United Nations diplomats and charter members of the Commission on Human Rights--Charles Malik and Carlos Romulo--with fresh and essential opportunities for influencing the position of the United States, most particularly with respect to developing nations. Looking at the critical contributions made by these two men, Mitoma uncovers the unique causes, tensions, and consequences of American exceptionalism."--Publisher's website

Member of

• Pennsylvania studies in human rights

Cataloging source

PU/DLC

Index

index present

LC call number

JC571

LC item number

.M585 2013

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Pennsylvania studies in human rights