Overview
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. This book is particularly important because it establishes, for the first time, a record of why, how, where, and when the concept of human rights—not long ago absent as a practical concept—generates so powerful a Latin American response. The alliances so formed are shown to evoke continued popular support and to effect on-going fundamental changes in Latin America. An important survey to all scholars, researchers, and students of human rights and political affairs in Latin America.
Full Product Details
Author: Edward L. Cleary
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.457kg
ISBN: 9780275959807
ISBN 10: 0275959805
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 26 August 1997
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
?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 ?Cleary has produced an important work to serve the ever growing interest in human rights in Latin America.?-Choice ""Cleary has produced an important work to serve the ever growing interest in human rights in Latin America.""-Choice ""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
?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 ?Cleary has produced an important work to serve the ever growing interest in human rights in Latin America.?-Choice Cleary has produced an important work to serve the ever growing interest in human rights in Latin America. -Choice 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
?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
Author Information
EDWARD L. CLEARY is Professor of Political Science at Providence College. Among his numerous earlier publications are Power, Politics, and Pentecostals in Latin America (1996) and Conflict and Competition: Religion and Politics in Latin America (1992).
