Description
Book SynopsisThe contributors provide an historical framework, describe formal and legal institutions, and discuss the citizens' movements and conceptions of citizenship that produce distinct kinds of political identities and struggles.
Trade ReviewThis is an excellent book on human rights as it pertains to the situation in Latin America. -- Paiso Jamakar Biz India Magazine
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Prologue
Part I: The Human Rights Idea
Chapter 1. The Arc of Human Rights
Chapter 2. Human Rights in Two Latin American Democracies
Chapter 3. Participation, Democracy, and Human Rights: An Approach Based on the Dilemmas Facing Latin America
Part II: Institutional and Legal Frameworks and the Question of Accountability
Chapter 4. The New Accountability Agenda in Latin America: The Promise and Perils of Human Rights Prosecutions
Chapter 5. Reconsidering the Peace-and-Justice Debate: International Justice in Africa and Latin America
Chapter 6. The United Nations and Human Rights: What Is Wrong and How to Fix It
Chapter 7. Crime, Society, and the Challenge to Human Rights Protection
Chapter 8. Chile: Coming to Terms with a Traumatic Past
Part III: Citizens' Movements and Conceptions of Citizenship
Chapter 9. International Migration and Human Rights
Chapter 10. The Longue Durée of NGOs Promoting and Monitoring Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in a Divided Global Civil Society
Chapter 11. Challenging Neoliberalism and Development: Human Rights and the Environment in Latin America
Chapter 12. Voice and Visibility in Latin American Memory Politics
Epilogue: A Task for All
Contributors
Index
