Social Origins of Human Rights - Protesting Political Violence in Colombia''s Oil Capital, 1919-2010

Informationen zum Autor Luis van Isschot is an assistant professor of the history of modern Latin America at the University of Toronto. He has worked and conducted research in Latin America, Canada, the United States, and the Great Lakes region of Africa. From 1995 to 2005, he worked for Peace Brigades International (PBI), which provides unarmed protective accompaniment to human rights and social activists in conflict areas. Klappentext Human rights activism is often associated with international organisations that try to effect change in regional conflicts around the globe. In Barrancabermeja, Colombia, argues Luis van Isschot, the struggle for rights has emerged more organically and locally, out of a long history of civil and social organising. He offers insight into the lives of home-grown activists in a conflict zone, against the backdrop of major historical changes. Zusammenfassung Offering deep insight to the lives of human rights activists in a conflict zone! against the backdrop of major historical changes that shaped Latin America in the twentieth century! this book illuminates the critical role of human rights organizations in bringing violence to public attention and analyzing its causes and consequences.

Product details

• Authors: Luis van Isschot, Luis Van Isschot
• Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2015
• EAN: 9780299299842
• ISBN: 978-0-299-29984-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Critical Human Rights; Critical Human Rights
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education