Counting the Dead
Subtitle: The Culture and Politics of Human Rights Activism in Colombia (California Series in Public Anthropology)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: October 9, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780520252837
Subjects: Human rights; Human Rights And Foreign Policy; South America - History; Political Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Americas (North Central South West Indies); Anthropology - General; Latin America - South America; Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Sociology - General; Colombia; Human rights advocacy; Political persecution
Description: Explores how the idea of human rights is actually employed by activists and human rights professionals. Tate, an anthropologist and activist with extensive experience in Colombia, finds that radically different ideas about human rights have shaped three groups of human rights professionals working there--nongovernmental activists, state representatives, and military officers. From publisher description.