Democracy and Human Rights in Latin America

Herausgeber: Hillman, Richard S.; Da Silva, Elsa Cardozo; Peeler, John A.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Questions about democracy and human rights have emerged in the advent of the 21st century, a time in which the prospects for progress in these areas have never been greater. This book is designed to respond to some of these questions with reference to Latin America, where democratic regimes have alternated with authoritarian governments and the human rights record is inconsistent at best. Taken together, these essays reveal the complexity of democratic transitions, the importance of support for human rights, and the way in which democracy and human rights are linked in Latin America. The first part of the book includes chapters that cast a critical eye on democracy and human rights trends in Chile, Venezuela, Columbia, and Brazil. Part two gauges the impact and prospects of foreign initiatives promoting democracy and human rights in the region, focusing especially on those efforts made by the United States in Haiti and Cuba. Each chapter reaffirms the essential linkages between procedural democracy and substantive human rights, and argues that states with authoritarian pasts must reorient their political cultures, and that these initiatives must come from both domestic and international agents. Students and scholars interested in the problems and prospects inherent in democratic transitions in contemporary Latin America will find this collection enlightening.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 546g
• ISBN-13: 9780275974824
• ISBN-10: 0275974820
• Artikelnr.: 21412900

Autorenporträt

RICHARD S. HILLMAN is Professor and Director, Institute for the Study of Democracy and Human Rights, at St. John Fisher College and Central Bucknellty of Venezuela. JOHN A. PEELER is Presidential Professor of Political Science at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA. ELSA CARDOZO DA SILVA is Professor, School of International Studies, at Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Critical Perspectives on Democracy and Human Rights Introduction by
Richard S. Hillman, John A. Peeler, and Elsa Cardozo Da Silva Preserving
Memory: The Past and the Human Rights Movement in Chile by Louis N.
Bickford Venezuela and Colombia: Governability as the Social Construction
of Democracy by Elsa Cardozo Da Silva Citizenship and Human Rights Policy
in Brazil by Isabel Ribeiro de Oliveira The United States and the
International Promotion of Democracy Ploughing the Sea? International
Defense on the Age of Illiberal Democracy by Christopher Sabatini U.S.
Policy for the Promotion of Democracy: The Venezuelan Case by María Teresa
Romero Democracy and International Military Intervention: The Case of Haiti
by Irwin P. Stotzky Re-Thinking U.S. Policy Toward Fidel Castro: Can
Implementation of "Best Business Proctices" Better Promote Political and
Economic Liberalization in Cuba? by Edward Drachman Conclusion by Richard
S. Hillman, John A. Peeler, and Elsa Cardozo Da Silva Index