Counting the Dead The Culture and Politics of Human Rights Activism in Colombia

Name: Counting the Dead The Culture and Politics of Human Rights Activism in Colombia
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ISBN: 9780520252837

ISBN-10: 0520252837

ISBN-13: 9780520252837

Edition: 2007

Authors: Winifred Tate

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At a time when a global consensus on human rights standards seems to be emerging, this rich study steps back to explore how the idea of human rights is actually employed by activists and human rights professionals. Winifred Tate, an anthropologist and activist with extensive experience in Colombia, finds that radically different ideas about human rights have shaped three groups of human rights professionals working there--nongovernmental activists, state representatives, and military officers. Drawing from the life stories of high-profile activists, pioneering interviews with military officials, and research at the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva,Counting the…

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List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 10/9/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Map of Colombia


Introduction



Colombia: Mapping the Eternal Crisis



Solidarity with Our Class Brothers: The First Wave of Colombian Human Rights Activism



The Production of Human Rights Knowledge and the Practice of Politics



The Emotional Politics of Activism in the 1990s



The Global Imaginaries of Colombian Activists at the United Nations and Beyond



State Activism and the Production of Impunity



Human Rights and the Colombian Military's War Stories


Conclusion: The Politics of Human Rights Knowledge


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index