Review: International Relations Theory: Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice
| Date | 01 March 1991 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002070209104600115 |
| Published date | 01 March 1991 |
| Author | Andrew Heard |
| Subject Matter | Review |
REVIEWS/INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS
THEORY
195
the
theory
of
international
politics
to
power
as
issue
specific
in
interna-
tional
negotiations.
In
the
process
he
has
removed
the
mystery
of
why
weaker actors
often
emerge
from
negotiations
with
outcomes
favouring
them,
or
why
stronger
actors
frequently
have
been
unable
to
translate
their
aggregate
power into results
in
keeping
with
their
interests.
This
is
a
valuable
work;
its
organization
is
clear
and
the
arguments
are stated
simply.
It
is
a
comparative
study
of
the
nature
and
process
of
negotiation
in
a
increasingly
interdependent
world,
wherein
the
traditional
notion
of
power
no
longer
holds
unambiguously
and the
strong
state
does
not
always
come
out
the
winner.
Specialists
in
the
study
of international
relations
will
clearly
benefit
from
this
book,
while
those
interested
in
some aspects
of
international
politics
or
negotiations
in
general
will
find valuable
and interesting
insights
in
this
deceptively
slender
offering.
Salim
Mansur/University
of
Western
Ontario
UNIVERSAL
HUMAN
RIGHTS
IN
THEORY
AND
PRACTICE
Jack
Donnelly
Ithaca
NV:
Cornell
University
Press,
1989,
Xii,
295pp,
US$36.5o
cloth,
US$12.9
5
Jack
Donnelly
has
produced
a
very
useful
book.
Although
much
of
it
will
not
be
new to
many
readers,
because
Donnelly draws
heavily
on
previous
journal
articles,
this volume
provides
a
handy
compilation
which can
serve
as
a
valuable
text
for
classes
that
examine
human
rights
in
any
depth.
In
part
i
Donnelly
briefly
outlines
some
of
the
debate
surrounding
the
concept
of human
rights.
In
part
I
i
he tries
to establish
a
necessary
connection
between
liberalism
and human
rights;
this section
includes
a
chapter
based
on
the
article
he
and
Rhoda
Howard
wrote
previously
on
the
distinction
between
human
rights
and
the
many
conceptions
of
human
dignity
under
various
political
r6gimes.
Part
iIi,
on
human
rights
and
cultural
relativism,
develops
themes
from
the previous
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