New regional authorities : self-determination and the Global South / Katherine M. Beall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beall, Katherine M., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Regionalism--Developing countries.

Regionalism.

International agencies--Developing countries.

International agencies.

Self-determination, National--Developing countries.

Self-determination, National.

Human rights--Developing countries.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 229 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026.

Summary:

The idea that regional organizations rightly occupy a central place in human rights, global governance, and international intervention has come to be taken-for-granted in international politics. Yet, the idea of regions as authorities is not a natural feature of the international system. Instead, it was strategically constructed by the leaders in the Global South as a way of maintaining their voice in global decision-making and managing (though not preventing) outside interference. Katherine M. Beall explores changes in the norms and practice of international interference in late 1970s and early 1980s, a time when Latin American and African leaders began to empower their regional organizations to enforce human rights. This change represented a form of quiet resistance to the imposition of human rights enforcement and a transformation in the ongoing struggle for self-determination. This book will appeal to scholars of international relations, international history, and human rights.

Contents:

Changing approaches to interference in the Global South

Self-determination through regional authority

The imposition of human rights enforcement

Latin America and the emergence of regional authority over human rights

From non-interference to African enforcement

Short-circuiting regional institutions in the Middle East

Regional authority and self-determination in international politics.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Dec 2025).

ISBN:

1-009-64559-5