Latin America and Human Rights Politics in West Germany, 1973-1990

Name: Latin America and Human Rights Politics in West Germany, 1973-1990
Brand: Cambridge University Press
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By Jiménez Botta, Felix A.

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In this richly detailed history, Felix Jiménez Botta traces West German mobilization against human rights abuses in Latin America in the late twentieth century. Initially in the ascendant was a market-critical vision adopted by a loose, left-leaning coalition fighting against right-wing regimes seeking to destroy incipient welfare states and implant market fundamentalism. However, during the later 1970s-80s a market-friendly interpretation gained ground, emphasising negative civil and political rights at the expense of positive economic and social rights. Within these debates, the vocabulary of human rights was a malleable political language that served as a multidirectional point of reference for various actors from civil society, politics, and the churches. By analysing these opposing views of human rights, Jiménez Botta questions the revisionist interpretation of post-1970s human rights as an inherently conservative political and intellectual project. Instead, the triumph of market-friendly human rights in West Germany was contested, contingent and ultimately unfinished.

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Number of Pages:: 376
Release Date:: 2025-09-18
Publication Date:: 2025-08-12
Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1009473824
ISBN13:: 9781009473828
Weight:: 694 g
Height:: 157 cm
Width:: 235 cm
Thickness:: 25 cm

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