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The Helsinki Effect: International Norms, Human Rights, and the Demise of Communism. By Daniel C. Thomas. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001. 308p. $49.50 cloth, $18.95 paper

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The Helsinki Final Act was adopted by the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) in 1975. Among the basic principles for relations among states that were affirmed in the document were the apparently contradictory principles of nonintervention in the internal affairs of states and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. Should a collision between these two principles occur, which one would prevail? It was widely assumed at the time, of course, that the principle of nonintervention would win out. The Soviets and their bloc members apparently had no intention of complying with the human rights principles enshrined in the Final Act, and even Western statesmen such as Henry Kissinger downplayed their importance.

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  • J. LeBlanc, Lawrence, 2002. "The Helsinki Effect: International Norms, Human Rights, and the Demise of Communism. By Daniel C. Thomas. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001. 308p. $49.50 cloth, $18.95 paper," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 96(2), pages 477-478, June.
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