In the Wake of Neoliberalism - Citizenship and Human Rights in Argentina

Zusatztext "Argentina has been at the forefront of changes in human rights discourse at the legal, international, political levels, and has seen some of the most globally prominent social movements based on human rights. Karen Faulk has risen to the challenge of tackling such complex themes and produced an engaging, vibrant, and thought-provoking account of contemporary struggles against neoliberal erosions of rights. A superb ethnography." Informationen zum Autor Karen Ann Faulk is an anthropologist, who teaches in the Department of History and Global Studies at Carnegie Mellon University. Klappentext Examining the ways in which "rights talk" is used and adapted locally by groups in Argentina, this book explores the relationship between ideas of human rights, rights of citizenship, and the concrete and envisioned social relationships that form the basis for social activism in the wake of neoliberal restructuring. Zusammenfassung Examining the ways in which "rights talk" is used and adapted locally by groups in Argentina, this book explores the relationship between ideas of human rights, rights of citizenship, and the concrete and envisioned social relationships that form the basis for social activism in the wake of neoliberal restructuring.

Product details

• Authors: Karen Faulk, Karen Ann Faulk, Faulk Karen
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.11.2012
• EAN: 9780804782258
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-8225-8
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Stanford Studies in Human Rights; Stanford Studies in Human Righ; Stanford Studies in Human Righ; Stanford Studies in Human Rights
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education