Globalizing Concern for Women's Human Rights: The Failure of the American Model

ISBN-13: 9781349423125 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 169 str.

D. Zoelle

Opis

The United States is a liberal democratic state founded upon ideals of freedom and equality, thus the history of non-ratification of major international human rights treaties appears to be an anomaly.

Spis treści

Introduction 'Ain't I a Human?': The Inadequacy of a Civil Rights Legislation as a Remedy to Women's Human Rights Violations The Convention on Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women: Radical Notions of Human Being? Globalizing Concern for Women's Human Rights: Reconceiving the Terms of the Discourse Conclusion Index

O autorze

DIANA G. ZOELLE is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Bloomburg University in Pennsylvania.