1st Edition

Globalizing Human Rights Private Citizens, the Soviet Union, and the West

By Christian Peterson Copyright 2012
308 Pages
by Routledge

294 Pages
by Routledge

Globalizing Human Rights explores the complexities of the role human rights played in U.S.-Soviet relations during the 1970s and 1980s. It will show how private citizens exploited the larger effects of contemporary globalization and the language of the Final Act to enlist the U.S. government in a global campaign against Soviet/Eastern European human rights violations. A careful examination of... Read more

1. Introduction  2. The Human Rights Weapon Emerges: Private Citizens and the U.S. Congress, 1975-1977  3. Setting the Stage for a Superpower Confrontation: Jimmy Carter, the Soviet Union, and Human Rights, 1975-1976  4. The Carter Administration Wields the Human Rights Weapon, January 1977-August 1978  5. The Soviet Government, Private Citizens, and Human Rights, January 1977-August 1978  6. A Delicate Balancing Act Topples: The Carter Administration, Human Rights, and Private Citizens, September 1978-January 1981  7. The Soviet Government, Private Citizens, and Human Rights, September 1978-January 1981  8. The Reagan Administration’s "Conservative" and "Private" Human Rights Campaign, January 1981-November 1985  9. The Soviet Government and Dissenters: Human Rights, Peace, and Détente, January 1981-September 1986  10. Holding Mikhail Gorbachev and Soviet Bureaucrats Accountable: U.S.-Soviet Relations, Human Rights, and the Final Act, December 1985-January 1989  11. Revolutions from Above and Below: Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet Bureaucrats, and Human Rights  12. Conclusion

Biography

Christian Peterson holds a Ph.D. in history from Ohio University and has authored Ronald Reagan and Antinuclear Movements in the United States and Western Europe, 1981-1987 (2003). He is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Ferris State University and teaches a wide variety of courses in U.S and World history.