Counting the Dead: The Culture and Politics of Human Rights Activism in Colombia Volume 18

by Winifred Tate

Book Overview

At a time when a global consensus on human rights standards seems to be emerging, this rich study steps back to explore how the idea of human rights is actually employed by activists and human rights professionals. Winifred Tate, an anthropologist and activist with extensive experience in Colombia, finds that radically different ideas about human rights have shaped three groups of human rights professionals working there--nongovernmental activists,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520252837
• ISBN13: 9780520252837
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.2" x 8.9"