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Contents 1. A Force Profonde: The Power, Politics, and Promise of Human Rights 1 Edward A. Kolodziej Part 1: Contending Legitimacies 2. Western Perspectives 31 Jack Donnelly 3. Muslim Perspectives 45 ValerieJ Hoffman Part II: Regional Perspectives 4. The Northern Tier 71 Marvin G. Weinbaum 5. North Mrica 91 Badredine Arfi 6. The Middle East: Israel 113 IlanPeleg 7. Northeast Asia: China 128 Edward Friedman 8. South Asia 144 Stanley A. Kochanek vi Contents 9. Southeast Asia 163 Clark D. Neher 10. The European Union 182 Michael Newman 11. Eastern Europe: The Russian Federation 198 Carol Skalnik Le.ff 12. Latin America 220 HowardJ Wiarda 13. Southern Mrica 238 Robert Mattes and Anthony Leysens 14. West Mrica: Nigeria 260 I. William Zartman Part ID: Retrospect and Prospects 15. Whither Human Rights? 277 Edward A. Kolodziej Notes 293 References Cited 299 List of Contributors 317 Index 319 Acknowledgments 339 ...

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