Global good Samaritans : human rights as foreign policy / Alison Brysk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brysk, Alison, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations--Moral and ethical aspects.

International relations.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

ix, 287 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Summary:

Global Good Samaritans shows why and how some states promote human rights internationally, risking lives, treasure, and diplomatic repercussions to protect helpless foreigners. With six case studies of classic and emerging promoters, this book demonstrates that humanitarian internationalism is a pattern of persistent principled politics. It illustrates how, even in a world of security dilemmas, some societies will come to reconstruct national interest as the long-term common good.

Contents:

Introduction : states as global citizens

Reconstructing the national interest

The gold standard : Sweden

The other America : Canada

The little country that could : Costa Rica

Globalization and its discontents : the Netherlands

Peace without justice : Japan

From pariah to promoter : South Africa

Coalitions of the caring : interstate networks for human rights

Conclusion : "the world needs more Canada".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-267) and index.

ISBN:

9780195381573

0195381572

9780195381580

0195381580

OCLC:

233635121