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The Art of Truth-telling about Authoritarian Rule
People who have lived through authoritarian rule have stories to tell, truths that have been silenced. But how do individuals begin to speak about a political past that was too horrible for words? How is truth best voiced in a society moving out of authoritarianism? This generously illustrated volume examines the creation of stories, accounts, images, songs, street theater, paintings, and ideas that pay witness to authoritarian pasts in Nigeria, South Africa, Argentina, Chile, Guatemala, Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Bosnia, Serbia, and Croatia. This theme is explored with contributions by scholars, activists, and artists. By examining the past, they hope to teach us to avoid repeating these atrocities.
The Handbook of Latin American and Caribbean Intelligence Cultures
The Handbook of Latin American and Caribbean Intelligence Cultures explores the contemporary efforts of Latin American and Caribbean nations to develop an intelligence culture. Specifically, it analyzes these countries’ efforts to democratize their intelligence agencies (i.e. to develop intelligence services that are both transparent and effective) to convert the former military regimes’ repressive security apparatuses into democratic intelligence communities—a rather paradoxical task, considering that democracy calls for political neutrality, transparency, and accountability, while effective intelligence services must operate in secrecy. Indeed, even the most successful democracies fa...
Reckoning with Pinochet
Reckoning with Pinochet is the first comprehensive account of how Chile came to terms with General Augusto Pinochet’s legacy of human rights atrocities. An icon among Latin America’s “dirty war” dictators, Pinochet had ruled with extreme violence while building a loyal social base. Hero to some and criminal to others, the general cast a long shadow over Chile’s future. Steve J. Stern recounts the full history of Chile’s democratic reckoning, from the negotiations in 1989 to chart a post-dictatorship transition; through Pinochet’s arrest in London in 1998; the thirtieth anniversary, in 2003, of the coup that overthrew President Salvador Allende; and Pinochet’s death in 2006. H...
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Tough on Crime
Crime and insecurity are top public policy concerns in Latin America. Political leaders offer tough-on-crime solutions that include increased policing and punishments, and decreased civilian oversight. These solutions, while apparently supported by public opinion, sit in opposition to both criminological research on crime control and human rights commitments. Moreover, many political and civil society actors disagree with such rhetoric and policies. In Tough on Crime, Bonner explores why some voices and some constructions of public opinion come to dominate public debate. Drawing on a comparative analysis of Argentina and Chile, based on over 190 in-depth interviews, and engaging the Euro-American literature on punitive populism, this book argues that a neoliberal media system and the resulting everyday practices used by journalists, state, and civil actors are central to explaining the dominance of tough-on-crime discourse.
Chilenas en armas
Este importante libro nos propone una mirada y un posicionamiento que invita al debate y a la discusión sobre lo que significa para las mujeres inscribirse en el círculo de la violencia. Al mismo tiempo, emerge como una sugerente lectura teórica y política, utilizando algunos conceptos de las teorías de género para brindar una comprensión del fenómeno abordado. Su escritura aparece como un interesante entramado de relato histórico, testimonial y ensayístico. Por eso, desde nuestra óptica el gesto de la autora semeja, parafraseando su texto, “una mujer en armas”, una mujer que desafía el sentido común y desde las armas de la escritura va construyendo un universo de sentidos ...
Práticas e sentidos de justiça em conflitos pela terra envolvendo indígenas e quilombolas
Considerando o descompasso gerado pela não compreensão das diversidades culturais nos processos políticos e jurídicos estatais e partindo do pressuposto de que as contribuições dos laudos antropológicos nos processos judiciais apontam novas possibilidades no sentido de superação dos obstáculos impostos pelo direito moderno à garantia dos direitos fundamentados nas diversidades, este livro propõe-se a refletir de que forma os laudos antropológicos contribuem para a legitimação dos direitos desses sujeitos a partir da inserção de subsídios para que decisões jurídicas sobre as vidas desses grupos humanos respeitem ao máximo suas dinâmicas socioculturais.
Latin American Nationalism
"Explores nationalism in Latin America as a way of understanding how the region relates to a globalising world."--Provided by publisher.
Araucanía-Norpatagonia II
Investigadores y cientistas sociales buscan comprender en esta obra las construcciones de sentidos sociales del espacio denominado Araucanía-Norpatagonia, desde una mirada que asume la pluralidad del territorio y de las subjetividades tanto en la Patagonia argentina como en la chilena.
Globalización e identidades nacionales y postnacionales--
Grínor Rojo plantea que es necesaria la crítica para el desarrollo democrático, y por ello explora cada una de estas nociones, su desarrollo en la historia, hasta cómo se entienden hoy en día. En este ejercicio los ciudadanos pueden desenmarañar ideas que no son ajenas, pues tienen repercusiones en las decisiones que se tomen respecto de las vidas de cada uno. Esas vidas individuales y comunitarias dependen del ejercicio crítico y democrático de todos y no solamente de aquellos que se proclaman como técnicamente aptos.
