Helsinki Process

Author : Daniel C. Thomas
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691187223
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Helsinki Effect written by Daniel C. Thomas and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human rights norms do matter. Those established by the Helsinki Final Act contributed directly to the demise of communism in the former East bloc, contends Daniel Thomas. This book counters those skeptics who doubt that such international norms substantially affect domestic political change, while explaining why, when, and how they matter most. Thomas argues that the Final Act, signed in 1975, transformed the agenda of East-West relations and provided a common platform around which opposition forces could mobilize. Without downplaying other factors, Thomas shows that the norms established at Helsinki undermined the viability of one-party Communist rule and thereby contributed significantly to the largely peaceful and democratic changes of 1989, as well as the end of the Cold War. Drawing on both governmental and nongovernmental sources, he offers a powerful Constructivist alternative to Realist theory's failure to anticipate or explain these crucial events. This study will fundamentally influence ongoing debates about the politics of international institutions, the socialization of states, the spread of democracy, and, not least, about the balance of factors that felled the Iron Curtain. It casts new light on Solidarity, Charter 77, and other democratic movements in Eastern Europe, the sources of Gorbachev's reforms, the evolution of the European Union, U.S. foreign policy, and East-West relations in the final decades of the Cold War. The Helsinki Effect will be essential reading for scholars and students of international relations, international law, European politics, human rights, and social movements.

Author : John Fry
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780788108235
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Helsinki Process written by John Fry and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1994-05 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Cotey Morgan
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691210462
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Final Act written by Michael Cotey Morgan and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive account of the historic diplomatic agreement that provided a blueprint for ending the Cold War The Helsinki Final Act was a watershed of the Cold War. Signed by thirty-five European and North American leaders at a summit in Finland in the summer of 1975, the document presented a vision for peace based on common principles and cooperation across the Iron Curtain. The Final Act is the first in-depth history of the diplomatic saga that produced this important agreement. This gripping book explains the Final Act's emergence from the parallel crises of the Soviet bloc and the West during the 1960s and the conflicting strategies that animated the negotiations. Drawing on research in eight countries and multiple languages, The Final Act shows how Helsinki provided a blueprint for ending the Cold War and building a new international order.

Author : Oliver Bange
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 9781845454913
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Helsinki 1975 and the Transformation of Europe written by Oliver Bange and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It was in Europe that the Cold War reached a decisive turning point in the 1960s, leading to the era of detente. The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), with its Final Act in Helsinki in August 1975, led to a rapprochement between East and West in the fields of security, economy and culture. This volume offers a pilot study in what the authors perceive as the key issues within this process: an understanding over the 'German problem' (balancing the recognition of the post-war territorial status quo against a formula for the eventuality of a peaceful change of frontiers) and the Western strategy of transformation through a multiplication of contacts between the two blocs. Both of these arguments emerged from the findings of an international research project on 'Detente and CSCE in Europe, 1966-1975', funded by the VolkswagenStiftung and headed by the two editors."--BOOK JACKET.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Helsinki Process and East West Relations written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Arie Bloed
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004482172
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Human Dimension of the Helsinki Process written by Arie Bloed and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-09-27 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Helsinki Process and East West Relations written by United States. Congress. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Arie Bloed
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004482318
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essays on Human Rights in the Helsinki Process written by Arie Bloed and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-09-27 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Implementation of the Helsinki Accords written by United States. Congress. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Andreas Wenger
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134080042
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Origins of the European Security System written by Andreas Wenger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-04-29 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume explores the significance of the earlyHelsinki process as a means of redefining and broadening the concept of security during the latter half of the Cold War. The early Helsinki process introduced innovative confidence-building measures, and made human rights a requirement of a legitimate and well-functioning international sys