{"product_id":"the-ambivalence-of-good-human-rights-in-international-politics-since-the-1940s-9780198783367","title":"The Ambivalence of Good: Human Rights in International Politics Since the 1940s","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Ambivalence of Good\u003c\/em\u003e examines the genesis and evolution of international human rights politics since the 1940s. Focusing on key developments such as the shaping of the UN human rights system, decolonization, the rise of Amnesty International, the campaigns against the Pinochet dictatorship, \u003cbr\u003ethe moral politics of Western governments, or dissidence in Eastern Europe, the book traces how human rights profoundly, if subtly, transformed global affairs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving beyond monocausal explanations and narratives prioritizing one particular decade, such as the 1940s or the 1970s, \u003cem\u003eThe Ambivalence of Good\u003c\/em\u003e argues that we need a complex and nuanced interpretation if we want to understand the truly global reach of human rights, and account for the hopes, \u003cbr\u003econflicts, and interventions to which this idea gave rise. Thus, it portrays the story of human rights as polycentric, demonstrating how actors in various locales imbued them with widely different meanings, arguing that the political field evolved in a fitful and discontinuous process. This process\u003cbr\u003ewas shaped by consequential shifts that emerged from the search for a new world order during the Second World War, decolonization, the desire to introduce a new political morality into world affairs during the 1970s, and the visions of a peaceful international order after the end of the Cold War.\u003cbr\u003eFinally, the book stresses that the projects pursued in the name of human rights nonetheless proved highly ambivalent. Self-interest was as strong a driving force as was the desire to help people in need, and while international campaigns often improved the fate of the persecuted, they were equally\u003cbr\u003elikely to have counterproductive effects. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ambivalence of Good\u003c\/em\u003e provides the first research-based synopsis of the topic and one of the first synthetic studies of a transnational political field (such as population, health, or the environment) during the twentieth century. Based on archival research in six countries, it breaks new\u003cbr\u003eempirical ground concerning the history of human rights in the United Nations, of human rights NGOs, of far-flung mobilizations, and of the uses of human rights in state foreign policy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jan Eckel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.00w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198783367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJan Eckel, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Modern and Contemporary History and Director of the Institute of Contemporary History, University of Tubingen\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJan Eckel studied history in Germany and Spain, and received his PhD from the University of Freiburg. He is a Professor of Modern and Contemporary History and the Director of the Institute of Contemporary History at the University of Tubingen. He has carried out archival research for this book in the US, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, and Chile, and has been awarded several prizes and fellowships for his work in intellectual history in the 'long' 20th century, the history of international politics since the late 19th century, and the history of Holocaust memory. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39932107915379,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":100.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_9dab77d9-d20a-4a7a-8170-d6bc86d6a662.jpg?v=1647790109","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-ambivalence-of-good-human-rights-in-international-politics-since-the-1940s-9780198783367","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}