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In The Ambivalence of Good,  Jan Eckel portrays the story of human rights as polycentric, demonstrating how actors in various locales imbue them with widely different meanings.

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Genesis and evolution of human rights politics

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Monday, March 11, 2019

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The Ambivalence of good: Human Rights in International Politics since the 1940s

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Jan Eckel, The Ambivalence of Good

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