Sonia Cardenas

Human Rights in Latin America (eBook, ePUB)

A Politics of Terror and Hope

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

For the last half century, Latin America has been plagued by civil wars, dictatorships, torture, legacies of colonialism and racism, and other evils. The region has also experienced dramatic-if uneven-human rights improvements. The accounts of how Latin America's people have dealt with the persistent threats to their fundamental rights offer lessons for people around the world. Human Rights in Latin America: A Politics of Terror and Hope is the first textbook to provide a comprehensive introduction to the human rights issues facing an area that constitutes more than half of the Western Hemisphere. Leading human rights researcher and educator Sonia Cardenas brings together regional examples of both terror and hope, emphasizing the dualities inherent in human rights struggles. Organized by three pivotal topics-human rights violations, reform, and accountability-this book offers an authoritative synthesis of research on human rights on the continent. From historical accounts of abuse to successful transnational campaigns and legal battles, Human Rights in Latin America explores the tensions underlying a vast range of human rights initiatives. In addition to surveying the roles of the United States, relatives of the disappeared, and truth commissions, Cardenas covers newer ground in addressing the colonial and ideological underpinnings of human rights abuses, emerging campaigns for disability and sexuality rights, and regional dynamics relating to the International Criminal Court. Engagingly written and fully illustrated, Human Rights in Latin America creates an important niche among human rights and Latin American textbooks. Ample supplementary resources-including discussion questions, interdisciplinary reading lists, filmographies, online resources, internship opportunities, and instructor assignments-make this an especially valuable text for use in human rights courses.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780812201543
• Artikelnr.: 39132121

Autorenporträt

Sonia Cardenas is Professor of Political Science and Vice President for Academic Affairs/Dean of the Faculty at Trinity College.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface
Introduction: A Politics of Transformation
Part I. Legacies of Abuse
Chapter 1. Why Human Rights Abuses Occur
Chapter 2. Grappling with the Past
Part II. Human Rights Cases
Chapter 3. The Southern Cone
Chapter 4. Central America and Mexico
Chapter 5. The Andean Region
Chapter 6. Brazil and the Caribbean
Part III. Politics, Rights, and Inequality
Chapter 7. Social Movements, Identity, and Human Rights
Chapter 8. Economic and Social Rights
Part IV. Agents of Reform
Chapter 9. Human Rights Defenders
Chapter 10. Regional and Global Governance
Chapter 11. Human Rights Change
Conclusion. ¡Sí Se Puede!
Appendix 1. Internship Opportunities
Appendix 2. Suggested Assignments for Instructors
Notes
Index