By critically addressing the tension between nationalism and human rights that is presumed in much of the existing literature, the essays in this volume confron

A global history of human rights in a world of nations that grant rights to some while denying them to others Once dominated by vast empires, the world is now d

Glenda Sluga traces internationalism through its rise before World War I, its mid-century apogee, and its decline after 9/11. Drawing on archival material and c

The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was set up to deal with the human rights violations of apartheid. However, the TRC's restorative jus

It is one of our most honored clichés that America is an idea and not a nation. This is false. America is indisputably a nation, and one that desperately needs