Mixed Signals
Subtitle: U.S. Human Rights Policy And Latin America
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: October 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780801442704
Subjects: Politics / Current Events; Latin America; Human rights; Relations; Political Science; Law; Politics/International Relations; Latin America - General; Government - U.S. Government; International Relations - Diplomacy; Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights; International Relations - General; Civil rights; Democracy
First sentence: Human rights issues permeate international relations today.
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.