Human Rights in the International Public Sphere has an interdisciplinary focus and can be used as a text in communication studies, cultural studies, political science, current events, discourse analysis, area and international studies, and other courses in the social sciences and humanities.

Preface
Introduction: Human Rights for a New Century
Part I: THE United Nations Develops Human Rights
Defining Human Rights at the United Nations
The Evolution of Human Rights at the United Nations
The Human Rights Challenge
Part II. Other Channels of Discourse
Pursuing Human Rights: The NGOs
The Media and Human Rights: Knowledge and Power in the Global Village
When Celebrity Does Human Rights
The Image of Human Rights: Film and Still Photography
Part III: The Human Rights Setting
Nigeria: Divisionism and Oil Interests
Congo: Boundaries of Human Rights
Genocide in Rwanda: Human Rights Retreat
Haiti: Human Rights Abandoned
Indonesia Reaches for Human Rights
China: The Open Door and Human Rights
Part IV: Global Issues and Dilemmas
Women and International Justice
Human Rights and Labor Justice
TNCs: The Ideology of Global Capital
Multilateralism and Human Rights: Kofi Annan and Nelson Mandela
Human Rights Accountability: Arresting a Former Director
Conclusion: Empowering Human Rights
Appendix: Abbreviations
References
Author Index
Subject Index