"Human Rights and Wrongs" explains the persistence of crimes against humanity since the Holocaust including slavery, terror, and genocide. Using extended country descriptions and analyses, the book goes beyond case studies to explain such gross human rights violations in terms of an integrated theory of life integrity, giving readers vivid illustrations in addition to a theoretical framework. Distinguished author Helen Fein then asks how we can arrest human wrongs and discusses whether democracy is the answer. She shows the positive links among human rights, freedom, and development and draws out policy recommendations from her findings.

List of Acronyms, Preface and Acknowledgments, 1 Distinguishing among Human Rights and Wrongs, 2 Twentieth-Century Slavery within the State, 3 Slavery, Trafficking, and Globalization, 4 States of Terror in the Late Twentieth Century: Algeria and Argentina, 5 States of Terror Turn to Genocide: Guatemala and Iraq, 6 States of Genocide, Genocidal Massacres, and Ethnic Cleansing, 7 No Brave New World: Democracy and Human Rights, 8 Human Rights, Freedom, and Development, 9 Conclusion and Implications: What Can Be Done?, Bibliography, Index, About the Author