Advocating Dignity
Human Rights Mobilizations in Global Politics

Advocating Dignity is a detailed historical account of the emergence, development, and impact of the global human rights revolution. Drawing on graphic case studies from various global settings, it narrates the hopes and bitter struggles that have altered the course of international and domestic relations since 1945.

Quataert establishes the global contexts for the historical unfolding of human rights advocacy through thorough studies of such cases as the Soviet dissident movement, the mothers' demonstrations in Argentina, the transnational antiapartheid campaign, and coalitions for gender and economic justice. Drawing from many fields of inquiry, including legal studies, philosophy, international relations theory, political science, and gender history, Advocating Dignity is an innovative work that narrates the hopes and bitter struggles that have altered the course of international and domestic relations over the past sixty years.

List of Illustrations Preface* Introduction. The New Moral Order: Between Human Dignity and Territorial Sovereignty Chapter 1. Raising the Bar, 1900-1949 PART I. AN EMERGING HUMAN RIGHTS ORTHODOXY: THE FIRST ROUND Chapter 2. Cold War Politics and Human Rights Publics: The International Antiapartheid and Soviet Dissident Movements, 1952-90 Chapter 3. Mothers' Courage and U.N. Monitoring of Disappearance, 1973-83 PART II. THE DEBATE CONTINUES: CRITICS AND NEW MECHANISMS Chapter 4. The Gender Factor since the 1970s: Universality and the Private Sphere Chapter 5. Citizenship, Socioeconomic Rights, and the Courts in the Age of Transnational Migrations PART III. HUMAN RIGHTS AT A CROSSROADS: WARS, CRIMES, AND PRIORITIES Chapter 6. Ethnic Violence, Humanitarian Intervention, and Criminal Accountability in the 1990s Chapter 7. September 2001 and History Conclusion: Making a Difference Notes Index