Constructing democracy : human rights, citizenship, and society in Latin America /
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Imprint: | Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1996. |
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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 |
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