Constructing democracy : human rights, citizenship, and society in Latin America /

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Imprint:Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1996.
Description:x, 238 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:Human rights -- Latin America.
Civil rights -- Latin America.
Citizenship -- Latin America.
Democracy -- Latin America.
Citizenship.
Civil rights.
Democracy.
Human rights.
Latin America.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2759026
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Other authors / contributors:Jelin, Elizabeth, 1941-
Hershberg, Eric.
Joint Committee on Latin American Studies.
ISBN:0813324386 (alk. paper)
0813324394 (alk. paper)
Notes:"Sponsored by the Joint Committee on Latin American Studies of the Social Science Research Council and the American Council of Learned Societies"--Half t.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Contributors
  • 1. Introduction: Human Rights and the Construction of Democracy
  • Notes
  • References
  • Part 1. Settling Accounts with the Past: Human Rights in Processes of Regime Transition
  • 2. Adjusting the Armed Forces to Democracy: Successes, Failures, and Ambiguities in the Southern Cone
  • Notes
  • References
  • 3. Human Rights in Democratization Processes
  • Notes
  • References
  • Part 2. The International Scene: Networks and Discourses
  • 4. The Emergence, Evolution, and Effectiveness of the Latin American Human Rights Network
  • Notes
  • References
  • 5. The Looting of Democratic Discourse by the Guatemalan Military: Implications for Human Rights
  • Notes
  • References
  • Part 3. Citizenship in Democracy: Some Conceptual Issues
  • 6. Citizenship Revisited: Solidarity, Responsibility, and Rights
  • Notes
  • References
  • 7. The State, the Market, and Democratic Citizenship
  • Notes
  • References
  • Part 4. Structures of Discrimination: Individual and Collective Rights
  • 8. Indigenous Rights: Some Conceptual Problems
  • Notes
  • References
  • 9. Racial Inequalities in Brazil and Throughout Latin America: Timid Responses to Disguised Racism
  • Notes
  • References
  • 10. Women, Gender, and Human Rights
  • Notes
  • References
  • 11. Crime and Individual Rights: Reframing the Question of Violence in Latin America
  • Notes
  • References
  • Part 5. Conclusion
  • 12. Convergence and Diversity: Reflections on Human Rights
  • Notes
  • References
  • About the Book and Editors
  • Index