Ved P. Nanda has published extensively on international and environmental law. James R. Scarritt, professor of political science at the University of Colorado, is author of Analyzing Political Change in Africa (Westview, 1980). George W. Shepherd, Jr., is professor of international studies, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver; he was previously director of DU's Center on International Race Relations.

• Part I: Public Policies 1. Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy Under Carter: Continuity and Change 2. The Garter Administration—An Appraisal: A Congressional Perspective 3. The Carter Administration—An Appraisal: The Perspective from the Agency for International Development 4. New Directions in U.S. Food Aid: Human Rights and Economic Development 5. Human Rights and Arms Transfer Policy 6. U.S. Policy Toward Human Rights in Latin America: A Comparative Analysis of Two Administrations 7. An Immigration Policy of Helping Bring People to the Resources Part 2: Comparative Measures 8. Definitions, Dimensions, Data, and Designs 9. A Critique of Present Measures of "Human Rights Development" and an Alternative 10. Problems of Comparative Research on Human Rights 11. Human Rights or State Expansion? Cross-National Definitions of Constitutional Rights, 1870–1970 12. Civil Liberties in Democracies: Constitutional Norms, Practices, and Problems of Comparison Part 3: Ngo Strategies 13. Transnational Development of Human Rights: The Third World Crucible 14. Human Rights Theory and NGO Practice: Where Do We Go From Here? 15. Recent Trends in the Expanding Universe of NGOs Dedicated to the Protection of Human Rights 16. Assessing Human Rights: The NGO Contribution 17. The Southern Africa Project for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law