Of Light and Struggle : : Social Justice, Human Rights, and Accountability in Uruguay /

Of Light and Struggle : : Social Justice, Human Rights, and Accountability in Uruguay / / Debbie Sharnak.

During the country’s dictatorship from 1973 to 1985, Uruguayans suffered under crushing repression, which included the highest rate of political incarceration in the world. In Of Light and Struggle, Debbie Sharnak explores how activists, transnational social movements, and international policymakers...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
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Sharnak, Debbie,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2023]
©2023
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Power, Politics, and the World
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER 1 Rights and Social Justice in the Pre-Dictatorship Period
  • CHAPTER 2 Uruguay and the Rise of the Transnational Human Rights Movement
  • CHAPTER 3 Human Rights in U.S.-Uruguayan Bilateral Relations
  • CHAPTER 4 Plebiscite and Politics
  • CHAPTER 5 Human Rights Emergence and Military Retrenchment
  • CHAPTER 6 From Elections to the Ley de Caducidad
  • CHAPTER 7 The Fights for Human Rights and Accountability
  • Conclusion
  • NOTES
  • SELECTED SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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