Title: Sustaining human rights : women and Argentine human rights organizations /
Authors: Bonner, Michelle D., 1972-
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Women Argentina Social conditions.; Women Violence against Argentina.; Women's rights Argentina.; Human rights Argentina
Abstract: "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.