| A Force Profonde: The Power, Politics, and Promise of Human Rights Presenting detailed portraits by leading authorities of the politics of human rights across the major regions of the globe, A Force Profonde: The Power, Politics, and Promise of Human Rights reveals human rights to be a force as powerful as capitalist markets and technological innovation in shaping global governance. Human rights issues mobilize populations regardless of their national, ethnic, cultural, or religious differences. Yet progress in advancing human rights globally, as Edward A. Kolodziej and the other contributors to the volume contend, depends decisively on the local support and the efforts of the diverse and divided peoples of the world--a prerequisite that remains problematic in many parts of the globe. Edward A. Kolodziej is Director of the Office of Global Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He has written or edited thirteen books on security and foreign policy, including Coping with Conflict After the Cold War and Making and Marketing Arms: The French Experience and Its Implications for the International System. |