Latin America and human rights politics in West Germany, 1973-1990 / Felix A. Jiménez Botta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jiménez Botta, Felix A., Author.

Series:

Human rights in history.

Human rights in history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights advocacy--Germany (West)--History.

Human rights advocacy.

Human rights--Government policy--Germany (West).

Human rights.

Human rights--Latin America--History--20th century.

Human rights--Economic aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 357 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

In this richly detailed history, Felix Jiménez Botta traces West German mobilization against human rights abuses in Latin America in the late twentieth century. Initially in the ascendant was a market-critical vision adopted by a loose, left-leaning coalition fighting against right-wing regimes seeking to destroy incipient welfare states and implant market fundamentalism. However, during the later 1970s-80s a market-friendly interpretation gained ground, emphasising negative civil and political rights at the expense of positive economic and social rights. Within these debates, the vocabulary of human rights was a malleable political language that served as a multidirectional point of reference for various actors from civil society, politics, and the churches. By analysing these opposing views of human rights, Jiménez Botta questions the revisionist interpretation of post-1970s human rights as an inherently conservative political and intellectual project. Instead, the triumph of market-friendly human rights in West Germany was contested, contingent and ultimately unfinished.

Contents:

Antifascism : the Chile solidarity movement in West Germany and the politics of emergency, 1973-1976

The politics of emergency in action : West Germany and the Latin American refugee crisis, 1973-1977

Christian Democratic solidarity : West German conservatives and the Chilean military regime, 1973-1980

Quiet diplomacy : Argentina, Chile, and West Germany's technocratic response to grassroots human rights advocacy, 1975-1979

Politics of revolution : Nicaragua, El Salvador, and the rise of market-critical human rights in West Germany, 1977-1986

Market-friendly human rights : the neoconservative offensive on Central America, 1979-1986

The politics of market-friendly democratization : West Germany and the end of military rule in the Southern Cone, 1980-1990.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Oct 2025).

ISBN:

1-009-47381-6

1-009-47380-8

1-009-47383-2

OCLC:

1534518997