Encyclopedia of Human Rights Issues Since 1945 - by Winston Langley (Hardcover)

About the Book

This outstanding, comprehensive, and up-to-date encyclopedia on human rights issues from 1945 to 1998 features more than 400 entries on incidents and violations, instruments and initiatives, countries and human rights activists. Its global scope is ideal for high school and college student research and class debate and for use with Model UN clubs. More than fifty years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, much has been accomplished on a global scale, particularly by the United Nations, to protect the rights of all people, but many human rights violations continue to be perpetrated. Langley, an internationally recognized expert on human rights, has provided the most current information on both the progress of human rights activities and the continuing incidents of human rights violations around the globe.

Entries cover major issues, incidents and violations, concepts and terms, activists, organizations, and human rights instruments. Entries on more than fifty nations from Afghanistan to Yugoslavia were selected based on the incidence of major human rights in those nations. Comprehensive cross-references in each entry make it easy to research a topic and its related entries easily. Each entry concludes with a selected list of further reading for more in-depth research. A timeline of significant dates since 1945 in the field of human rights and the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights add reference value.

Book Synopsis

This outstanding, comprehensive, and up-to-date encyclopedia on human rights issues from 1945 to 1998 features more than 400 entries on incidents and violations, instruments and initiatives, countries and human rights activists. Its global scope is ideal for high school and college student research and class debate and for use with Model UN clubs. More than fifty years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, much has been accomplished on a global scale, particularly by the United Nations, to protect the rights of all people, but many human rights violations continue to be perpetrated. Langley, an internationally recognized expert on human rights, has provided the most current information on both the progress of human rights activities and the continuing incidents of human rights violations around the globe.

Entries cover major issues, incidents and violations, concepts and terms, activists, organizations, and human rights instruments. Entries on more than fifty nations from Afghanistan to Yugoslavia were selected based on the incidence of major human rights in those nations. Comprehensive cross-references in each entry make it easy to research a topic and its related entries easily. Each entry concludes with a selected list of further reading for more in-depth research. A timeline of significant dates since 1945 in the field of human rights and the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights add reference value.

Review Quotes

.,."Encyclopedia of Human Rights Issues Since 1945 is a handy, concise and accesible reference tool for the complex field of global promotion and protection of human rights and it constitutes a valuable addition to reference collections, in academic, public and high school libraries."-Journal of Government Information

?...Encyclopedia of Human Rights Issues Since 1945 is a handy, concise and accesible reference tool for the complex field of global promotion and protection of human rights and it constitutes a valuable addition to reference collections, in academic, public and high school libraries.?-Journal of Government Information

?A timely addition to reference shelves....Librarians will want to purchase this work?-School Library Journal

?Although the issues of human rights are many and complex, this encyclopedia presents such topics in a clear, straightforward, and unbiased manner.... This volume would be a useful reference for students in geography, political science, family living, and 20th-century history classes, as well as an excellent resource for debate students. This is an oustanding book.?-The Book Report

?Exceptionally useful.... Belongs in every major reference collection.?-Choice

?The articles are clearly written....and the information presented is well documented....useful for looking up short background information on people and topics often in the news today.?-VOYA

..."Encyclopedia of Human Rights Issues Since 1945 is a handy, concise and accesible reference tool for the complex field of global promotion and protection of human rights and it constitutes a valuable addition to reference collections, in academic, public and high school libraries."-Journal of Government Information

"A timely addition to reference shelves....Librarians will want to purchase this work"-School Library Journal

"Exceptionally useful.... Belongs in every major reference collection."-Choice

"The articles are clearly written....and the information presented is well documented....useful for looking up short background information on people and topics often in the news today."-VOYA

"Although the issues of human rights are many and complex, this encyclopedia presents such topics in a clear, straightforward, and unbiased manner.... This volume would be a useful reference for students in geography, political science, family living, and 20th-century history classes, as well as an excellent resource for debate students. This is an oustanding book."-The Book Report

About the Author

WINSTON E. LANGLEY is Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He specializes in human rights and is the co-author with Vivian C. Fox of Women's Rights in the United States: A Documentary History (Greenwood, 1994), which received the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in North America award for the Outstanding Book on the Subject of Human Rights in North America. He is also author of Human Rights: The Major Global Instrument (1992) and Women's Rights in International Documents (1991).