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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818020803321

Autore

Faulk Karen Ann <1976->

Titolo

In the wake of neoliberalism [[electronic resource] ] : citizenship and human rights in Argentina / / Karen Ann Faulk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, California, : Stanford University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-8047-8391-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Collana

Stanford Studies in Human Rights

Disciplina

323.0982

Soggetti

Human rights - Argentina

Political rights - Argentina

Neoliberalism - Argentina

Argentina Politics and government 1983-2002

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Defining Rights -- 1 Land of Equality and Assassins -- 2 Spaces of Corruption and the Edifice of Impunity -- 3 Streets, Plazas, and Palaces -- 4 The Right to Collective Well-being -- 5 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Understanding the various meanings given to human and citizenship rights in Argentina is an important task, particularly so given the nation's prominence in global discussions. An "exporter" of tactics, ideas, and experts, Argentina has become a site of innovation in the field of human rights. This book investigates two prominent Buenos Aires protest organizations—Memoria Activa and the BAUEN workers' cooperative—to consider how each has framed its demands within a language of rights. Fundamentally, this book is concerned with the complex interrelationship between the discourse of human rights and the neoliberal project. In exploring the way in which "rights talk" is used and adapted locally by various activist groups, the book looks at the mutually formative and contentious interactions between ideas of human rights, rights of citizenship, and the concrete and envisioned social relationships that form the basis for social activism in the wake of neoliberalism.