Achieving human rights / Richard Falk.

New York : Routledge, 2009.

JC585 .F34 2009

9780415990158 (hbk : alk. paper)
0415990157 (hbk : alk. paper)
9780415990165 (pbk : alk. paper)
0415990165 (pbk : alk. paper)
9780203889107 (ebk)
020388910X (ebk)

x, 244 pages ; 23 cm

(OCoLC)226984648

"Richard Falk once again captures our attention with a nuanced analysis of what we need to do - at the personal level as well as state actions - to refocus our pursuit of human rights in a post-9/11 world. From democratic global governance to the costs of the Iraq War, the preeminent role of the United States in the world order to the role of individual citizens of a globalized world, Falk stresses the moral urgency of achieving human rights. In elegant simplicity, this book places the priority of such an ethos in the personal decisions we make in our human interactions, not just the activities of government institutions and nongovernmental organizations. Falk masterly weaves together such topics as the Iraq War, U.S. human rights practices and abuses, humanitarian intervention, the rule of law, responses to terrorism, genocide, the Pinochet trial, information technology, and many other topics to create a moral tapestry of world order with human rights at the center."--Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-232) and index.

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