(Un)civil Societies - Human Rights and Democratic Transitions in Eastern Europe and Latin

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Rachel A. May and Andrew K. Milton - Contributions by Marc Belanger; Jane Leftwich Curry; Elke Fein; Angelina Snodgrass Godoy; Sallie Hughes; Thomas Klobucar; Andrzej Korbonski; Chappell Lawson; Rachel May; Arthur Miller; Andrew K. Milton; Chris Klappentext Rachel A. May and Andrew K. Milton have assembled an array of scholars from different disciplines to examine transitional governments in Eastern Europe and Latin America. Drawing on specific political conditions and organized around topics such as the media, political parties, and political violence, (Un)Civil Societies broadens the discussion about democratization both thematically and geographically. Zusammenfassung Rachel A. May and Andrew K. Milton have assembled an array of scholars from different disciplines to examine transitional governments in Eastern Europe and Latin America. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Human Rights NGO's and the Role of Civil Society in Democratization Chapter 2 Civil Society and Democratization Chapter 3 Civil Society, Human Rights, and the Shaping of Postcommunist Europe's Identity Politics Chapter 4 Democratization, Civil Society and Latin American Social Movements Chapter 5 Violence and Democracy in Eastern Europe Chapter 6 Democracy, "Mano Dura," and the Criminalization of Politics Chapter 7 Eastern Europe's Postcommunist Media Chapter 8 Latin America's Post-Authoritarian Media Chapter 9 Transitional Justice and Democratization in Eastern Europe Chapter 10 The Social and Political Aftermath of Terror: A Consideration of Human Rights, the Judiciary, and Dealing with the Past Chapter 11 Partisan Development and the Differentiation in Post-Soviet Russia and Ukraine Chapter 12 Advocacy, Ideology and Partisanship: Human Rights in the Electoral Arena

Product details

• Authors: Rachel A. Milton May
• Assisted by: Rachel A. May (Editor), May Rachel A. (Editor), Andrew K. Milton (Editor), Milton Andrew K. (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.03.2005
• EAN: 9780739105801
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-0580-1
• No. of pages: 316
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Latin America, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Political structures: democracy, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Human rights, civil rights, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet