Human Rights Policies in Chile [electronic resource] : The Unfinished Struggle for Truth and Justice /
Borzutzky, Silvia.author.
This book analyses Chile's "truth and justice" policies implemented between 1990 and 2013. The book's central assumption is that human rights policies are a form of public policy and consequently they are the product of compromises among different political actors. Because of their political nature, these incomplete "truth and justice" policies instead of satisfying the victims' demands and providing a mechanism for closure and reconciliation generate new demands and new policies and actions. However, these new policies and actions are partially satisfactory to those pursuing justice and the truth and unacceptable to those trying to protect the impunity structure built by General Pinochet and his supporters. Thus, while the 40th anniversary of the violent military coup that brought General Pinochet to power serves as a milestone with which to end this policy analysis, Chile's human rights historical drama is unfinished and likely to generate new demands for truth and justice policies.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
1. Transitional Justice  -- 2. Pinochet and the Politics of Destruction  -- 3. The Aylwin Administration: Doing As Much As Possible  -- 4. The Frei Administration and the Politics of Denial  -- 5. The Lagos Administration: Moving Along Multiple Fronts  -- 6. The Bachelet Administration: Identifying and Remembering the Victims  -- 7. Commemorating Chile's Bicentennial and the Coup's 40th Anniversary During the Piñera Administration  -- 8. Conclusions.
This book analyses Chile's "truth and justice" policies implemented between 1990 and 2013. The book's central assumption is that human rights policies are a form of public policy and consequently they are the product of compromises among different political actors. Because of their political nature, these incomplete "truth and justice" policies instead of satisfying the victims' demands and providing a mechanism for closure and reconciliation generate new demands and new policies and actions. However, these new policies and actions are partially satisfactory to those pursuing justice and the truth and unacceptable to those trying to protect the impunity structure built by General Pinochet and his supporters. Thus, while the 40th anniversary of the violent military coup that brought General Pinochet to power serves as a milestone with which to end this policy analysis, Chile's human rights historical drama is unfinished and likely to generate new demands for truth and justice policies.
Latin America-Politics and government.
Human rights.
Social justice.
World politics.
Historiography.
Public policy.
Latin American Politics.
Human Rights.
Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.
Political History.
Memory Studies.
Public Policy.