American Exceptionalism and Human Rights by Michael Ignatieff

American Exceptionalism and Human Rights by Michael Ignatieff

Does America still play by the rules it helped create? This book addresses this question as it applies to US behavior in relation to international human rights. It seeks to show and explain how America's approach to human rights differs from that of other Western nations. It includes essays by Stanley Hoffmann, Paul Kahn, and Harold Koh.

One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2006 "An excellent new collection of essays on American exceptionalism.. Michael Ignatieff ... seeks to distinguish between US 'exemptionalism,' double standards and legal isolationism."--Quentin Peel, Financial Times "This collection on American exceptionalism seeks to explain the seeming paradox of US governmental support for, and aversion to, global human rights... This study is an important contribution to the scholarship of international humanitarian law and US foreign policy."--Choice "[An] important collection of essays by leading scholars... Together the authors wonderfully capture the complex interplay between values, law, and American power."--G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs Magazine "Beyond providing a highly valuable and innovative study of American exceptionalism, this book makes an original contribution to scholarship and may start a long overdue conversation with conservatives about the origins of their grievances with international human rights standards."--Michael J. Boyle, International Affairs

Michael Ignatieff is Carr Professor of Human Rights Practice and Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. His numerous books include "Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry" (Princeton) and "The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror".

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ISBN 13	9780691116488
ISBN 10	0691116482
Titel	American Exceptionalism and Human Rights
Autor	Michael Ignatieff
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Princeton University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2005-07-10
Seitenanzahl	368
Preise	Short-listed for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 2006
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