Globalizing Concern for Women's Human Rights: The Failure of the American Model.(Review) (book review)

Globalizing Concern for Women's Human Rights: The Failure of the American Model. By Diana G. Zoelle. New York: St. Martin's, 2000. 169p. $49.95.

It is difficult to argue with Diana Zoelle's claim that liberal democracy, as conceived and developed in the United States, is a problematic model in globalizing concern for women's human rights. Moreover, when she suggests that U.S. ratification of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), although not a panacea for the attainment of full equality, would constitute an important ...

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