David P Forsythe: 6 books
The Politics of Prisoner Abuse
The United States and Enemy Prisoners after 9/11
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2011
When states are threatened by war and terrorism, can we really expect them to abide by human rights and humanitarian law? David P. Forsythe's bold analysis of US policies towards terror suspects after 9/11 addresses this issue directly. Covering moral, political, and legal aspects, he examines the...
by David P. Forsythe
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2012
This third edition of David P. Forsythe's successful textbook provides an authoritative overview of the place of human rights in an age of upheaval in international politics. Human rights standards are examined at the global, regional and national levels, with separate chapters on transnational corporations...
by David P. Forsythe
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2017
This fourth edition of David P. Forsythe's successful textbook provides an authoritative and timely analysis of the place of human rights in an age of upheaval in international politics. Human rights standards are examined at the global, regional and national levels, with separate chapters on transnational...
American Exceptionalism Reconsidered
U.S. Foreign Policy, Human Rights, and World Order
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
Is the US really exceptional in terms of its willingness to take universal human rights seriously? According to the rhetoric of American political leaders, the United States has a unique and lasting commitment to human rights principles and to a liberal world order centered on rule of law and human...
The International Committee of the Red Cross
A Neutral Humanitarian Actor
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has a complex position in international relations, being the guardian of international humanitarian law but often acting discretely to advance human dignity. Treated by most governments as if it were an inter-governmental organization, the ICRC is...
From Mediation to Nation-Building
Third Parties and the Management of Communal Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
The eruption in the early 1990s of highly visible humanitarian crises and exceedingly bloody civil wars in the Horn of Africa, imploding Yugoslavia, and Rwanda, set in motion a trend towards third party intervention in communal conflict in areas as far apart as the Balkans and East Timor. However...