April 13, 2001

'Diplomacy of Conscience: Amnesty International and Changing Human Rights Norms'

By NINA C. AYOUB

Ann Marie Clark writes with a scholar's measured earnestness. But if there's nothing of the activist's polemics in Diplomacy of Conscience: Amnesty International and Changing Human Rights Norms (Princeton University Press), readers may still find themselves filling out membership cards or writing checks. The book's message is clear: Amnesty International works.

Ms. Clark, a political scientist at Purdue University, explains the group's surprising influence in her study of the rise of