Australia in International Politics: An Introduction to Australian Foreign Policy

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HUMAN RIGHTS

QUESTIONS

What are human rights?
• • Why is the concept of sovereignty central to the debate about human rights?
• • How do advocates of human rights respond to objections to the idea of human rights?
• • What is the International Bill of Rights and what kinds of rights does it proclaim?

Human rights in Australian foreign policy
• • What steps may states take to demonstrate their human rights credentials?
• • Why did the Howard government abandon Australia's traditional approach to human rights?
• • Why did the Howard government's refugee policy provoke sharp criticism?
• • What was the Tampa affair? What human rights issues did it raise?

Human rights in East Asia
• • Why do the human rights records of some East Asian countries pose a problem for Australia?

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  • Title Page *
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  • Acknowledgements iv
  • Acronyms v
  • Part I - Overview 1
  • 1 - An Era of Insecurity and Globalisation 3
  • 2 - Foreign Relations, 1901–83 22
  • 3 - Foreign Policy Under Labor, 1983–96 50
  • 4 - The Making of Foreign Policy 75
  • Part II - Economy 101
  • 5 - Australia and the Global Economy 103
  • 6 - The Politics of International Trade 127
  • Part III - Security 151
  • 7 - Defence and Regional Security 153
  • 8 - Neighbourhood Watch 180
  • 9 - The United Nations and International Security 211
  • Part IV - The Changing Foreign Policy Agenda 239
  • 10 - Human Rights 241
  • 11 - Foreign Aid 270
  • 12 - The Global Environment 295
  • Glossary 319
  • Notes 326
  • Index 335
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