Research Catalog

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

Title: Constructing democracy : human rights, citizenship, and society in Latin America / edited by Elizabeth Jelin and Eric Hershberg.
Publication: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1996.

Filter by

Item details
Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Text	Request in advance	JC599.L3 C66 1996	Off-site

Additional Authors

Description

x, 238 pages; 24 cm

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

Contents

1. Introduction: Human Rights and the Construction of Democracy / Elizabeth Jelin and Eric Hershberg -- 2. Adjusting the Armed Forces to Democracy: Successes, Failures, and Ambiguities in the Southern Cone / Carlos H. Acuna and Catalina Smulovitz -- 3. Human Rights in Democratization Processes / Manuel Antonio Garreton -- 4. The Emergence, Evolution, and Effectiveness of the Latin American Human Rights Network / Kathryn Sikkink -- 5. The Looting of Democratic Discourse by the Guatemalan Military: Implications for Human Rights / Jennifer Schirmer -- 6. Citizenship Revisited: Solidarity, Responsibility, and Rights / Elizabeth Jelin -- 7. The State, the Market, and Democratic Citizenship / Fabio Wanderley Reis -- 8. Indigenous Rights: Some Conceptual Problems / Rodolfo Stavenhagen -- 9. Racial Inequalities in Brazil and Throughout Latin America: Timid Responses to Disguised Racism / Carlos Hasenbalg -- 10. Women, Gender, and Human Rights / Elizabeth Jelin --
11. Crime and Individual Rights: Reframing the Question of Violence in Latin America / Teresa P. R. Caldeira -- 12. Convergence and Diversity: Reflections on Human Rights / Elizabeth Jelin and Eric Hershberg.

ISBN

LCCN

95050932

OCLC

ocm33862974

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries