Rebecca K Root
Biographic Data
| ID | 4374989 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebecca K Root |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebecca K |
| FAMILY NAME | Root |
| SIGNATURE | ROOT R K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ramapo College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Human Rights in Latin America: A Politics of Transformation
For decades, Latin America has been plagued by civil wars, dictatorships, torture, legacies of colonialism, racism, and inequality. The region has also experienced dramatic—if uneven—human rights improvements, shedding light on the politics of transformation. The accounts of how Latin America’s people have dealt with the persistent threats to their fundamental rights offer lessons for people around the world. Human Rights in Latin America provide…
How Wiarda Got Human Rights Wrong
This article critiques Howard J. Wiarda’s assumptions about U.S. foreign policy and the promotion of human rights and democracy. Focusing on pieces that Wiarda wrote in 1982, 1991, and 1997, it emphasizes the continuity in Wiarda’s skepticism that the United States could or should more aggressively promote human rights in Latin America. I criticize this analysis as being out of touch with the degree of support that U.S. foreign policy gave to hum…
Intimate Enemies: Violence and Reconciliation in Peru by Kimberly Theidon
The Fujimori Effect
This article examines how efforts to hold Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru from 1990 to 2000, accountable for human rights violations and to build safeguards against a recurrence of those violations have set important precedents for international human rights law and practice. Among the key developments his crimes have provoked are new protections for democracy as a human right via the Inter-American Democratic Charter; international legal pre…
How Wiarda Got Human Rights Wrong
This article critiques Howard J. Wiarda’s assumptions about U.S. foreign policy and the promotion of human rights and democracy. Focusing on pieces that Wiarda wrote in 1982, 1991, and 1997, it emphasizes the continuity in Wiarda’s skepticism that the United States could or should more aggressively promote human rights in Latin America. I criticize this analysis as being out of touch with the degree of support that U.S. foreign policy gave to hum…
The Fujimori Effect
This article examines how efforts to hold Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru from 1990 to 2000, accountable for human rights violations and to build safeguards against a recurrence of those violations have set important precedents for international human rights law and practice. Among the key developments his crimes have provoked are new protections for democracy as a human right via the Inter-American Democratic Charter; international legal pre…
The Fujimori Effect
This article examines how efforts to hold Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru from 1990 to 2000, accountable for human rights violations and to build safeguards against a recurrence of those violations have set important precedents for international human rights law and practice. Among the key developments his crimes have provoked are new protections for democracy as a human right via the Inter-American Democratic Charter; international legal pre…
Intimate Enemies: Violence and Reconciliation in Peru by Kimberly Theidon
How Wiarda Got Human Rights Wrong
This article critiques Howard J. Wiarda’s assumptions about U.S. foreign policy and the promotion of human rights and democracy. Focusing on pieces that Wiarda wrote in 1982, 1991, and 1997, it emphasizes the continuity in Wiarda’s skepticism that the United States could or should more aggressively promote human rights in Latin America. I criticize this analysis as being out of touch with the degree of support that U.S. foreign policy gave to hum…
Human Rights in Latin America: A Politics of Transformation
For decades, Latin America has been plagued by civil wars, dictatorships, torture, legacies of colonialism, racism, and inequality. The region has also experienced dramatic—if uneven—human rights improvements, shedding light on the politics of transformation. The accounts of how Latin America’s people have dealt with the persistent threats to their fundamental rights offer lessons for people around the world. Human Rights in Latin America provide…
Human rights (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · International Law and Human Rights (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (2 works) · Latin Americans (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)