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Human Rights in Latin America : A Politics of Terror and Hope.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights SeriesPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (261 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780812201543
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Human Rights in Latin AmericaDDC classification:
  • 323.098
LOC classification:
  • JC599.L3 -- C368 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Terror and Hope -- PART I. VIOLATING RIGHTS -- Chapter 1: A Regional Survey -- Chapter 2: Explaining Violations -- PART II. PROMOTING REFORM -- Chapter 3: Global Governance -- Chapter 4: Transnational Networks -- Chapter 5: Human Rights Change -- PART III. SECURING JUSTICE -- Chapter 6: Accountability Versus Impunity -- Chapter 7: Never Again? -- Appendix 1: American Convention on Human Rights, Part I -- Appendix 2: Human Rights Treaties: Regional Ratifiers -- Appendix 3: Human Development Indicators -- Appendix 4: Select Internship Opportunities -- Appendix 5: Suggested Assignments for Instructors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: This textbook gives a comprehensive overview of the human rights issues facing more than half of the Western Hemisphere. Cardenas synthesizes a large volume of research and incorporates primary documents, wide-ranging cases, images, and supplementary student resources, to explore basic themes of terror and hope.
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Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Terror and Hope -- PART I. VIOLATING RIGHTS -- Chapter 1: A Regional Survey -- Chapter 2: Explaining Violations -- PART II. PROMOTING REFORM -- Chapter 3: Global Governance -- Chapter 4: Transnational Networks -- Chapter 5: Human Rights Change -- PART III. SECURING JUSTICE -- Chapter 6: Accountability Versus Impunity -- Chapter 7: Never Again? -- Appendix 1: American Convention on Human Rights, Part I -- Appendix 2: Human Rights Treaties: Regional Ratifiers -- Appendix 3: Human Development Indicators -- Appendix 4: Select Internship Opportunities -- Appendix 5: Suggested Assignments for Instructors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

This textbook gives a comprehensive overview of the human rights issues facing more than half of the Western Hemisphere. Cardenas synthesizes a large volume of research and incorporates primary documents, wide-ranging cases, images, and supplementary student resources, to explore basic themes of terror and hope.

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