From ideology to program to policy: Tracking the Carter human rights policy'

Lincoln P. Bloomfield

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1982, vol. 2, issue 1, 1-12

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 policy illustrated the impossibility of avoiding inconsistency in global policies-but also the certainty that, given the American tradition, it will continue to emerge on the policy stage.

Date: 1982
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DOI: 10.2307/3323646

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