Constructing democracy. Human rights, citizenship and society in Latin America

ELIZABETH JELIN; ERIC HERSHBERG

Westview Press

Lugar: Boulder; Año: 1996 p. 238

0-8133-2439-4

NOTA: ESTE LIBRO TAMBIÉN SALIO PUBLICADO EN ESPAÑOL POR LA EDITORIAL NUEVA SOCIEDAD.The book is the result of several years of work in the Joint Committee on Latin American Studies of the SSRC. The book moves beyond the analysis of the process of political transition in the reigon to explore the changing relationship between society and the political system in Latin America. The quest for human rights and the demands for justice are the key aspirations during these periods. In their explorations of contemporary struggles around issues of individual and collective rights, and in the examination of competing claims about justice and citizenship, the chapters of the book exhibit a shared concer with the character of democratic life in Latin America.