1982
DOI: 10.2307/3323646
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From Ideology to Program to Policy: Tracking the Carter Human Rights Policy

Abstract: The Carter human rights policy was grounded in American historic oscillation between pragmatism and idealism. It represented a major change, yet was prefigured in congressional initiatives, which continued thereafter. After an initial honeymoon, human rights like all “new” policies became a contentious bureaucratic and diplomatic issue, was modified to fit changing realities, and was eventually obscured by crises in Iran and Afghanistan. Criticized from left to right abroad and at home, the Carter human rights… Show more

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“…To reclaim a moral identity, the United States intensified campaigns to expand rights abroad. Upon taking office in 1977, President Jimmy Carter elevated the international promotion of human rights to a central role in foreign policy (Bloomfield 1982;Schmitz and Walker 2004). That year, the U.S. media used the term "human rights" five to ten times as often as in earlier years (Keys 2014, p. 2).…”
Section: Category 5: Signaling Commitment and The Exportation Of Huma...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To reclaim a moral identity, the United States intensified campaigns to expand rights abroad. Upon taking office in 1977, President Jimmy Carter elevated the international promotion of human rights to a central role in foreign policy (Bloomfield 1982;Schmitz and Walker 2004). That year, the U.S. media used the term "human rights" five to ten times as often as in earlier years (Keys 2014, p. 2).…”
Section: Category 5: Signaling Commitment and The Exportation Of Huma...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…"0For HA, see Bloomfield (1982), Drew (1977), and Sikkink (1993); on the Peace Corps, see Hoopes 1965, Rice (1985, Reeves (1988), and Schwartz (1991).…”
Section: Case Selection and Predictionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ancak Carter'ın dış politikasının 1979 senesinde İran İslam Devrimi ve SSCB'nin Afganistan işgali akabinde geçirdiği dönüşüm de bir o kadar bilinenler arasındadır. 1980 tarihli Carter Doktrini, insan hakları, demokrasi ve adil bir düzen söylemiyle gelen ve Amerikan idealizmini yansıtan bir başkanın, Soğuk Savaş koşullarında nasıl da idealizminden sıyrılmak zorunda kaldığını gösteren en güçlü örneklerdendir (Bloomfield, 1982). Zira bu doktrin ile Carter, Körfez bölgesinin, ABD'nin hayati çıkarlarının olduğu bir bölge olduğunu ilan etmiş ve buraya yönelik herhangi bir saldırının ABD tarafından gerekirse askeri güç kullanılarak karşılık bulacağının altını çizmiştir.…”
Section: Introductionunclassified