Title: Mixed signals : U.S. human rights policy and Latin America /
Authors: Sikkink, Kathryn, 1955-
Publisher: Cornell University Press,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Human rights Latin America; Civil rights Latin America; Democracy Latin America; Latin America Relations United States.; United States Relations Latin America.
Abstract: "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. Kathryn 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 Washington's agenda, and its image, in Latin America. The current war against terrorism, Sikkink warns, could repeat the mistakes of the past unless we insist that the struggle against terrorism be conducted with respect for human rights and the rule of law."--Jacket.
Contents: The origins of human rights policies -- Effectiveness of human rights policies.