LEADER 04182nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910452957903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-88995-1 010 $a0-8122-0154-X 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812201543 035 $a(CKB)2550000000707618 035 $a(OCoLC)830023868 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10641588 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000811103 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12370353 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000811103 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10834381 035 $a(PQKB)10252041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441753 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse21391 035 $a(DE-B1597)449006 035 $a(OCoLC)979577694 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812201543 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441753 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10641588 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL420245 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000707618 100 $a20090227d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHuman rights in Latin America$b[electronic resource] $ea politics of terror and hope /$fSonia Cardenas 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (261 p.) 225 0 $aPennsylvania Studies in Human Rights 225 0$aPennsylvania studies in human rights 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-2152-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aA regional survey -- Explaining violations -- Global governance -- Transnational networks -- Human rights change -- Accountability versus impunity -- Never again?. 330 $aFor the last half century, Latin America has been plagued by civil wars, dictatorships, torture, legacies of colonialism and racism, and other evils. The region has also experienced dramatic-if uneven-human rights improvements. The accounts of how Latin America's people have dealt with the persistent threats to their fundamental rights offer lessons for people around the world.Human Rights in Latin America: A Politics of Terror and Hope is the first textbook to provide a comprehensive introduction to the human rights issues facing an area that constitutes more than half of the Western Hemisphere. Leading human rights researcher and educator Sonia Cardenas brings together regional examples of both terror and hope, emphasizing the dualities inherent in human rights struggles. Organized by three pivotal topics-human rights violations, reform, and accountability-this book offers an authoritative synthesis of research on human rights on the continent. From historical accounts of abuse to successful transnational campaigns and legal battles, Human Rights in Latin America explores the tensions underlying a vast range of human rights initiatives. In addition to surveying the roles of the United States, relatives of the disappeared, and truth commissions, Cardenas covers newer ground in addressing the colonial and ideological underpinnings of human rights abuses, emerging campaigns for disability and sexuality rights, and regional dynamics relating to the International Criminal Court.Engagingly written and fully illustrated, Human Rights in Latin America creates an important niche among human rights and Latin American textbooks. Ample supplementary resources-including discussion questions, interdisciplinary reading lists, filmographies, online resources, internship opportunities, and instructor assignments-make this an especially valuable text for use in human rights courses. 410 0$aPennsylvania studies in human rights. 606 $aHuman rights$zLatin America 606 $aPolitical persecution$zLatin America 606 $aGovernment accountability$zLatin America 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHuman rights 615 0$aPolitical persecution 615 0$aGovernment accountability 676 $a323.098 700 $aCardenas$b Sonia$0478766 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452957903321 996 $aHuman rights in Latin America$92471102 997 $aUNINA