SISU-378 Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy (3)


The story of human rights in U.S. foreign policy is one of perpetual tension and resistance, of interpretation and reinterpretation. This 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 twelve learning modules: the first four modules provide historical and conceptual context, while the next four modules discuss both the hard and soft instruments in the human rights foreign policy toolbox, i.e. democratic institution building, diplomacy, international treaty processes and military intervention. The final four modules examine in greater depth the human rights foreign policy approaches adopted by the United States in specific cases. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: SISU-206  and SISU-230  or SISU-270 .

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