Global good Samaritans
Subtitle: human rights as foreign policy
By: Alison Brysk.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780195381573; 9780195381580
Subjects: International relations -- Moral and ethical aspects; Human rights
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : states as global citizens; title: Why and how they do it : reconstructing the national interest; title: The gold standard : Sweden; title: The other America : Canada; title: The little country that could : Costa Rica; title: The Netherlands : globalization and its discontents; title: Peace without justice : Japan; title: From pariah to promoter : South Africa; title: Coalitions of the caring : inter-state networks for human rights; title: Conclusion : "the world needs more Canada".