LEADER 01487nam 2200361Ia 4500001 99125356068706421 005 20200520144314.0 006 m o d | 007 cr -n--------- 008 110225s2012 nyu ob 001 0 eng d 020 1-136-64693-0 020 1-280-77714-1 020 9786613687531 020 1-136-64694-9 020 0-203-80527-5 024 7 10.4324/9780203805275 |2doi 035 (CKB)2550000000097245 035 (EBL)958498 035 (OCoLC)798531510 035 (SSID)ssj0000677702 035 (PQKBManifestationID)11365491 035 (PQKBTitleCode)TC0000677702 035 (PQKBWorkID)10694268 035 (PQKB)11473490 035 (MiAaPQ)EBC958498 035 (Au-PeEL)EBL958498 035 (CaPaEBR)ebr10542402 035 (CaONFJC)MIL368753 035 (OCoLC)785927983 035 (OCoLC)617637702 035 (FINmELB)ELB141359 035 (EXLCZ)992550000000097245 040 MiAaPQ |beng |erda |epn |cMiAaPQ |dMiAaPQ 041 eng 043 e-ur---n-us--- 050 4 E183.8.S65 |bP48 2012 082 0 327.73047 |222 100 1 Peterson, Christian. 245 10 Globalizing human rights : |bprivate citizens, the Soviet Union, and the West / |cChristian Philip Peterson. 250 1st ed. 260 New York : |bRoutledge, |c2012. 300 1 online resource (289 p.) 336 text |btxt 337 computer |bc 338 online resource |bcr 490 1 Routledge studies on history and globalization ; |v1 500 Description based upon print version of record. 505 0 Front Cover; Globalizing Human Rights; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The Human Rights Weapon Emerges: Private Citizens and the U.S. Congress, 1975-1977; 3. Setting the Stage for a Superpower Confrontation: Jimmy Carter, the Soviet Union, and Human Rights, 1975-1976; 4. The Carter Administration Wields the Human Rights Weapon, January 1977-August 1978; 5. The Soviet Government, Private Citizens, and Human Rights, January 1977-August 1978 505 8 6. A Delicate Balancing Act Topples: The Carter Administration, Human Rights, and Private Citizens, September 1978-January 19817. The Soviet Government, Private Citizens, and Human Rights, September 1978-January 1981; 8. The Reagan Administration's "Conservative" and "Private" Human Rights Campaign, January 1981-November 1985; 9. The Soviet Government and Dissenters: Human Rights, Peace, and Détente, January 1981-September 1986; 10. Holding Mikhail Gorbachev and Soviet Bureaucrats Accountable: U.S.-Soviet Relations, Human Rights, and the Final Act, December 1985-January 1989 505 8 11. Revolutions from Above and Below: Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet Bureaucrats, and Human Rights12. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index 520 Globalizing Human Rights explores the complexities of the role human rights played in U.S.-Soviet relations during the 1970s and 1980s. It will show how private citizens exploited the larger effects of contemporary globalization and the language of the Final Act to enlist the U.S. government in a global campaign against Soviet/Eastern European human rights violations. A careful examination of this development shows the limitations of existing literature on the Reagan and Carter administrations' efforts to promote internal reform in USSR. It also reveals how the Carter administratio 546 English 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 588 Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources. 650 0 Human rights |zSoviet Union. 650 0 Human rights |xGovernment policy |zUnited States. 650 0 Lobbying |zUnited States. 650 0 Pressure groups |xInternational cooperation |xHistory |y20th century. 651 0 United States |xForeign relations |zSoviet Union. 651 0 Soviet Union |xForeign relations |zUnited States. 776 |z0-415-88511-6 797 2 elibro, Corp. 830 0 Routledge studies on history and globalization ; |v1. 906 BOOK