Harvard International Review articles from January 1998

Harvard International Review archives from January 1998

Universal declaration of human rights.
January 1, 1998... Fifty years ago, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a "common standard of achievement for all nations and all peoples." A movement to establish an international bill of...

History as guide: thinking abour human rights in Africa.
January 1, 1998... MARTIN L. KILSON, JR. is Thomson Professor of Government at Harvard University. From our current vantage point, the general status of human rights, which I define as the base-line rights of freedom from capricious individual harm and...

Real China: a firsthand perspective on human rights in today's China.
January 1, 1998... DR. GEORGE KOO is former President of the US/China Business Association and an international business consultant. In the autumn of 1993, the chief executive and the executive vice president of sales and marketing of a small Tennessee firm...

Little humility, please: human rights and social policy in the United States.
January 1, 1998... JOSEPH WRONKA is Associate Professor of Social Work at Springfield College and Research Associate at the Heller School of Brandeis University's Center for Social Change. The 1998 US Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights...

Changing empahsis: 50 years of inter-American cooperation.
January 1, 1998... Cesar Gaviria is Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS). As Secretary-General of the Organization of the American States (OAS) since 1994, Cesar Gaviria has earned a place of prominence across Latin America as...

International origins of the Federal Reserve System.
January 1, 1998... by J. Lawrence Broz Reviewed by JEFF FRIEDEN Professor of Government, Harvard University The Federal Reserve is the United States' most powerful economic policymaking institution. It is watched carefully by decision makers in...

Modern history of Southeast Asia: decolonization, nationalism and separatism.
January 1, 1998... by Clive J. Christie Reviewed by FRED R. von der MEHDEN Thomas Professor of Political Science, Rice University Order any books reviewed or advertised in the HIR through Book Call. Prompt shipment worldwide, express service...

Chinese democratic tradition: democracy on Taiwan and the debate over Asian values.
January 1, 1998... BY CHIEN-JEN CHEN Government Spokesman for the Republic of China on Taiwan, and Director-General of the Government Information Office. Asia's recent financial turmoil has prompted debate about the sustainability of economic and...