This treatment of the international relations of human rights politics by Donnelly (international relations, U. of Denver), written to be accessible to those with little or no background knowledge of the subject, is distinctive in its attention to the domestic politics of human rights as provided through examinations of human rights violations in the Southern Cone of South America in the 1970s and 1980s and briefer domestic case studies of South Africa, Central America, China, and the Yugoslavia, as well as its relative emphasis on theory, which stands in contrast to other volumes in the Dilemmas in World Politics series. The entire text is largely built on case studies, covering both Cold War and post-Cold War issues, which offer entry into such topics as global multilateral mechanisms, regional mechanisms, American foreign policy, foreign policy action in general, transnational advocacy, and different means of international action. New to this edition are nine discussion problems, accompanied by Donnelly's responses to the problems, that are intended to provoke further thought about the presented material. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Read Less