Reagan, Congress, and Human Rights

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Rasmus Sinding Sondergaard
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Paperback
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Cambridge University Press
published_date: 
11/08/2022
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9781108797184
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Books > History > Historical periods > Postwar 20th century history: 1945 to 2000
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Rasmus Sinding Sondergaard|Paperback|Cambridge University Press|11/08/2022
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9781108797184
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This book traces the role of human rights concerns in US foreign policy during the 1980s, focusing on the struggle among the Reagan administration and members of Congress. It demonstrates how congressional pressure led the administration to reconsider its approach to human rights and craft a conservative human rights policy centered on democracy promotion and anti-communism - a decision which would have profound implications for American attention to human rights. Based on extensive archival research and interviews, Rasmus Sinding Sondergaard combines a comprehensive overview of human rights in American foreign relations with in-depth case studies of how human rights shaped US foreign policy toward Soviet Jewry, South African apartheid, and Nicaragua. Tracing the motivations behind human rights activism, this book demonstrates how liberals, moderates, and conservatives selectively invoked human rights to further their agendas, ultimately contributing to the establishment of human rights as a core moral language in US foreign policy.

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