| Course
Title |
Dates |
SIS-619 N01L
Special Studies in International Politics: Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy |
5/11/09-
6/19/09 |
| Instructor:
Julie Mertus |
|
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The
story of human rights in U.S. foreign policy
is one of perpetual tension and resistance,
of interpretation and reinterpretation.
This on-line course explores the nature
of this dynamic process, exposing the way
in which it involves both acceptance of
and resistance to human rights. The course
is divided into seven learning modules:
The first two modules provide historical
and conceptual context, while the next two
modules discuss both the “hard”
and “soft” instruments in the
human rights foreign policy toolbox. The
final three modules examine in greater depth
the human rights foreign policy approaches
adopted by the current U.S. administration,
with special attention to changes in policy
and practice post-September 11th and post-Iraq
invasion. |
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