{"product_id":"diplomacy-of-conscience-9780691057439","title":"Diplomacy of Conscience","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA small group founded Amnesty International in 1961 to translate human rights principles into action. This text provides an account of how the organization pioneered a combination of popular pressure and expert knowledge to advance global human rights.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The book makes clear that the creation of human rights norms was facilitated not just by exposing abuses but by quietly promoting (with the United Nations) new bodies of law and slowly accumulating international standards of conduct.\"--Foreign Affairs \"An important and timely contribution to the growing scholarly literature of the role of norms and the activities of nongovernmental organizations in international relations.\"--Morton Winston, Human Rights Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ix  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi  CHAPTER ONE Amnesty International in International Politics 3  CHAPTER TWO How Norms Grow 21  CHAPTER THREE Torture 37  CHAPTER FOUR Disappearances 70  CHAPTER FIVE Extrajudicial Executions 101  CHAPTER SIX NGOs and Norms in International Politics 124  APPENDIX: Interviews 143  NOTES 145  BIBLIOGRAPHY 169  INDEX 177","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403704574295,"sku":"9780691057439","price":34.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691057439.jpg?v=1730484299","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/diplomacy-of-conscience-9780691057439","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}