Review Essays

Recently Received Books: Regional Focus on Latin America

 

Counting the Dead: The Culture and Politics of Human Rights Activism in Columbia

Counting the Dead: The Culture and Politics of
Human Rights Activism in Columbia
By Winifred Tate

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2007. 379pp.

The Judicial Response to Police Killings in Latin America: Inequality and the Rule of Law

The Judicial Response to Police Killings in
Latin America: Inequality and the Rule of Law
By Daniel M. Brinks

New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 2008. 289pp.

*Cross-listed in International Law & Ethics
A Poverty of Rights: Citizenship and Inequality in Twentieth-Century Rio de Janeiro

A Poverty of Rights: Citizenship and
Inequality in Twentieth-Century Rio de Janeiro
By Brodwyn Fischer

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. 2008. 464pp.

* Cross-listed in Theory, Philosophy & History

Democracy Works: Joining Theory and Action to Foster Global Change

Democracy Works: Joining Theory
and Action to Foster Global Change
Edited by Torry D. Dickinson, Terrie A. Becerra & Summer B.C. Lewis

Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers. 2008. 268pp.

*Cross-listed in Theory, Philosophy & History
& Development, Democracy & Health
Human Rights in the Maya Region: Global Politics, Cultural Contentions, and Moral Engagements

Human Rights in the Maya Region: Global Politics,
Cultural Contentions, and Moral Engagements
Edited by Pedro Pitarch, Shannon Speed & Xochitl Leyva Solano

Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 2008. 377pp.

* Cross-listed in Globalization, Labor & Economic Rights
Reckoning: The Ends of War in Guatemala

Reckoning: The Ends of War in Guatemala
By Diane M. Nelson

Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 2009. 403pp.

* Cross-listed in War, War Crimes & Genocide
Constitutional Protection of Human Rights in Latin America: A Comparative Study of Amparo Proceedings

Constitutional Protection of Human Rights in
Latin America: A Comparative Study of Amparo Proceedings
By Allan R. Brewer-Carķas

New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 2009. 432pp.

*Cross-listed in Theory, Philosophy & History
& International Law & Ethics

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