Addresses the place of human rights in US policy, both domestic and foreign. This book deals with human rights issues in American society. It also deals with human rights issues in American foreign policy, considering both stated ideals and the application of those ideals.

Preface, Ambassador (ret.) Harry G. Barnes, Jr.; Foreword, David P. Forsythe; Introduction, David P. ForsythePARTONE: Looking Inward on American SocietySection One: Human Rights and Policy ChoiceOne The Defeat of Comprehensive Health Care: A Human Rights Perspective, Audrey Chapman; Two Economic Globalization and American Society, Kelly-Kate Pease; Three In Search of a United States Refugee Policy, Mark GibneySection Two: The U.S. and Human Rights TreatiesFour United States' Ratification of the Other Half of the International Bill of Rights, Barbara Stark; Five The United States and the American Convention on Human Rights: Prospects and Problems Re Ratification, Christina Cerna; Six Spare the RUD or Spoil the Treaty: The United States Challenges the Human Rights Committee on Reservations, William SchabasPART TWO: Looking Outward on U.S. Foreign PolicySection One: Public Opinion and Private ActionSeven Public Opinion on Human Rightsin American Foreign Policy, Ole Holsti; Eight U.S. Foreign Policy and the Human Rights Movement: New Strategies for a Global Era, Ellen DorseySection Two: Democracy AbroadNine Democracy and U. S. Foreign Policy: Concepts and Complexities, Jack Donnelly; Ten U.S. Foreign Policy, Democracy, and Human Rights: Barriers to Action in the Middle East, Stephen Zunes; Eleven U.S. Foreign Policy, Democracy, and the Islamic World, Christopher JoynerSection Three: MulticulturalismTwelve The United States, the IMF and Human Rights: A Policy Relevant Approach, Linda Keith and Steven N. Poe; Thirteen The United States, Development, and Indigenous Peoples, Robert Hitchcock; Fourteen International Humanitarian Assistance: A Vision for the Future, George Kent; Fifteen Human Rights, United Nations' Institutions, and the United States, Patrick FloodPostscriptThe U.S. and Asian Views on Human Rights: Prospects for Convergence, Ambassador Mark Hong

"David Forsythe has put together a much-needed volume on the place of human rights in US policy. Indeed, the primary strength of this edited volume is its focus on the ways in which US policies affect human rights both abroad and at home. . . . An important step in the right direction."—Debra L. DeLaet, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics