Sustaining human rights : women and Argentine human rights organizations / Michelle D. Bonner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bonner, Michelle D., 1972- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Argentina.

Human rights.

Women's rights--Argentina.

Women's rights.

Women--Argentina--Social conditions.

Women.

Women--Violence against--Argentina.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 203 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2007]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In this book Michelle Bonner reveals how the defense of human rights continues today, taking Argentina as her primary example (with comparison to Chile in the final chapter). Bonner shows that the role of women - viewed as protectors of the family - is key to understanding how human rights movements have evolved." "Based on extensive field research and providing a long historical view extending from colonial times to the present, this study compares the activities of the ten most prominent human rights organizations in Argentina and assesses the responses of both state and society."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents:

Sustaining human rights

Historical frames : colonialism to the 1976 coup

Historical frames : the dirty war and democratization, 1976-2002

Human rights organizations : historical frames as collective action frames

The state and human rights organizations : national and international courts

Human rights organizations and society : demonstrations and the media

Sustaining human rights : a brief comparison with Chile.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-192) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780271034959

0271034955

OCLC:

1080549622