Democracy in Chile: The Legacy of September 11, 1973

by Silvia Nagy, Nagy-Zekmi, Silvia Nagy-Zekmi

Book Overview

In the 1990s, Latin America emerged from the horror of massive and systematic human rights violations as the region returned to civilian-elected regimes. Many hoped that such transitions would bring about significant political, economic and cultural change: the rebuilding a more democratic order based on a "culture of human rights" that would reinvigorate democratic practices in the region. Despite the change in political regimes, such aspirations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845192028
• ISBN13: 9781845192020
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 280 Pages