The democracy makers : human rights and international order /

"Guilhot's story begins in the 1950s when U.S. foreign policy experts promoted human rights and democracy as part of a "democratic international" to fight the spread of communism. Later, the unlikely convergence of anti-Stalinist leftists and the nascent neoconservative movement...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Guilhot, Nicolas, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
Human rights.
Democracy.
Globalization.
Anti-globalization movement.
Human Rights
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Mondialisation.
Altermondialisme.
globalism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Anti-globalization movement
Democracy
Globalization
Human rights
Democratisering.
Mensenrechten.
Intellectuelen.
Niet-gouvernementele organisaties.
Internationale organisaties.
Neoconservatisme.
Expansie (macht)
Internationale orde.
7.150.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction : the cosmopolities of democratization
  • 1. From cold warriors to human rights activists
  • 2. field of democracy and human rights : shaping a professional arena around a new liberal consensus
  • 3. From the development engineers to the democracy doctors : the rise and fall of modernization theory
  • 4. Democratization studies and the construction of a new orthodoxy
  • 5. International relations theory and the emancipatory narrative of human rights networks.

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