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Podcast: New Books in Law
Episode: David P. Forsythe, "Advanced Introduction to the Politics of International Human Rights" (Edward Elgar, 2021)
Description: âHuman rights in public policy are constructed by diplomats and politicians in an international legislative process, not discovered amongst the clouds of metaphysics.â In "Advanced Introduction to the Politics of International Human Rights (Edward Elgar, 2021), David P. Forsythe, general editor of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Human Rights (5 vol.) and pioneer of the field of human rights and international relations studies distills insights gained over his long career about the progress and challenges of the human rights enterprise in a world that remains structured by a life-and-death competition between territorial states.A self-defined âliberal realistâ Forsythe believes that âindividuals can make a difference i...