Reagan, Congress, and Human Rights by Rasmus Sinding Sndergaard - 9781108495639

Reagan, Congress, and Human RightsContesting Morality in US Foreign Policy\nAuthor(s): Rasmus Sinding Sndergaard\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108495639, 978-1108495639\nSynopsis\nThis book traces the role of human rights concerns in US foreign policy during the 1980s, focusing on the struggle among the Reagan administration and members of Congress. It demonstrates how congressional pressure led the administration to reconsider its approach to human rights and craft a conservative human rights policy centered on democracy promotion and anti-communism - a decision which would have profound implications for American attention to human rights. Based on extensive archival research and interviews, Rasmus Sinding Sndergaard combines a comprehensive overview of human rights in American foreign relations with in-depth case studies of how human rights shaped US foreign policy toward Soviet Jewry, Sou.