Mixed Signals U. S. Human Rights Policy and Latin America

Name: Mixed Signals U. S. Human Rights Policy and Latin America
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ISBN: 9780801474194

ISBN-10: 0801474191

ISBN-13: 9780801474194

Edition: 2007

Authors: Kathryn A. Sikkink

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Kathryn Sikkink believes that the adoption of human rights policy represents a positive change in the relationship between the United States and Latin America. In Mixed Signals she traces a gradual but remarkable shift in U.S. foreign policy over the last generation. By the 1970s, an unthinking anticommunist stance had tarnished the reputation of the U.S. government throughout Latin America, associating Washington with tyrannical and often brutally murderous regimes. Sikkink recounts the reemergence of human rights as a substantive concern, showing how external pressures from activist groups and the institution of a human rights bureau inside the State Department have combined to remake…

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List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 10/16/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Foreword



Preface


Acknowledgments



The Origins of Human Rights Policies



Introduction to the Origins of Human Rights Policies



The Idea of Internationally Recognized Human Rights



The Reemergence of Human Rights in U.S. Foreign Policy in the 1970s



Effectiveness of Human Rights Policies



Introduction to the Effectiveness of Human Rights Policies



U.S. Human Rights Policy during the Nixon and Ford Administrations



The Carter Administration and Human Rights Policy toward Latin America



The Reagan Administration and Human Rights Policy toward Latin America



Institutionalizing Human Rights Policy toward Latin America during the George H. W. Bush and Clinton Years



Conclusion: The Lessons of Human Rights Policies


Notes


Index