Synopses & Reviews
Cleary examines the origins, spread, and results of human rights movements in Latin America, and he analyzes the mark such movements have made in world politics. He shows the enormous difficulties encountered by fledgling grassroots groups which first challenged military dictatorships over "the disappeared," detention, torture, and pervasive repression. He chronicles the amazingly dynamic growth of human rights organizations, affecting democratic processes in Latin America and foreign policy in the United States.
Review
Cleary has produced an important work to serve the ever growing interest in human rights in Latin America.Choice
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paying special attention to the enormous difficultiess encountered by the grassroots groups which first challenged military dictatorships during 1960s and 1970s.Journal of Third World Studies
Synopsis
Examines the origins, spread, and results of human rights movements in Latin America, and analyzes the mark such movements have made in the international order.
About the Author
EDWARD L. CLEARY is Professor of Political Science at Providence College.
Table of Contents
Preface
Beginning of the Human Rights Era: Military Repression
Human Rights Organizing Spreads: Mexico and the Theoretical Frame
Human Rights after the Military: Settling Accounts and Facing Issues
Contemporary Democracy and Efflorescence of Human Rights Organizing
Contemporary Societies under Siege: Peru, Politics, and Public Secrets
Transnational Networking for Human Rights Protection
Response in the United States: Challenging Foreign Policy
Bibliographical Essay
Index