Human Rights and Security: Europe on the Eve of a New Era

ISBN-13: 9780367015893 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 282 str.

Mastny, Vojtech

Opis

Inquiries into the relationship between security and human rights are of very recent vintage. They have long been hampered by political scientists' predilection for political "realism." From that perspective, there seemed little doubt that power comes first and any human rights but a poor second. As wishful thinking turned into reality during the Eastern European revolutions of 1989, the limitations of such shortsighted realism became apparent. This book examines the causes and consequences of the emerging new relationship between security and human rights. It is divided into two parts, which deal respectively with security and human rights and their relationship to states and societies. What is the theoretical linkage between security and human rights? How has this linkage evolved within the context of East-West relations? What was the particular role of the Helsinki process in shaping this evolution? How do these issues affect the difficult transition from dictatorship to pluralism in countries facing the challenge of ethnic, economic, and social dislocation? The contributors to this volume seek to deepen our understanding of the forces that brought about the collapse of communism in Europe, and they explore the broader implications of change for the emerging post-cold war international order.

Spis treści

Preface -- Introduction: Human Rights and Security from the French to the East European Revolution -- Human Rights and International Security -- Security, Human Rights, and East-West Relations: Theoretical Bases of the Linkage -- Human Rights, International Security, and the Crisis of Communism -- A Time for Linkage? Western Leverage for Human Rights and Security in Eastern Europe -- Human Rights and the Policy of Leverage and Linkage: The Lesson of the Helsinki Process -- Human Rights and East-West Relations -- Dilemmas in Human Rights Foreign Policy: The Case of the Netherlands -- Human Rights and the Security of States and Societies -- Old and New Soviet Thinking on Human Rights -- Perestroika, Freedom, and the Rule of Law -- Ethnic Rights as Human Rights: The Case of the Baltic States and Hungary -- Human Rights in a Multiethnic State: The Case of Yugoslavia -- Democratization in Eastern Europe: The Hopes and the Risks -- Human Rights in the Transition from Authoritarian to Pluralistic Regimes -- Conclusion: Human Rights and Security in a New Europe?