The Helsinki Effect
Subtitle: International Norms, Human Rights, and the Demise of Communism.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: September 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780691048598
Subjects: Human rights; Marxism & Communism; Political science & theory; Post-Communism; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; History & Theory - General; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Politics and government; Political Science / International Relations; Political Science and International Relations; Europe, Eastern; International Relations - General; 1945-1989; 1989-
First sentence: DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS between the states of Eastern and Western Europe during the 1950s and 1960s were governed by the traditional norm of non-intervention in domestic affairs, meaning that a state's behavior within its borders was not a legitimate concern of others states.