The Revolution in Crisis: A History of Human Rights in Mexico, 1970-1980

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dc.contributor.advisorRugeley, Terry
dc.contributor.authorQuezada, Ariana
dc.contributor.committeeMemberColín, José
dc.contributor.committeeMemberCane-Carrasco, James
dc.contributor.committeeMemberChappell, David
dc.contributor.committeeMemberEvans, Sterling
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-16T16:35:55Z
dc.date.available2016-05-16T16:35:55Z
dc.date.issued2016-05-14
dc.date.manuscript2016-05-11
dc.description.abstractThis work looks at the proliferation of human rights in Mexico in the 1970s. By looking at how the term entered Mexico, one can determine that individualistic notions of rights (human rights) proliferated in Mexico in the late 1970s as a result of the arrival of South American refugees, the rise of a freer press, through Mexico's first NGO (CENCOS), and the 1979 Jimmy Carter visit to negotiate an oil deal. The diffusion of internationalist notion of rights reveals a shift from a corporate protection of rights to more individualist conceptions of rights--particularly as Mexico made a shift to Neoliberal economic politics. The consequences of human rights development in Mexico have had numerous consequences, one being that Mexico avoided international scrutiny for its human rights violations until the 1990s. It avoided such scrutiny precisely because of its relationship with the United States and also because it appropriated the language of rights protections by welcoming South American political refugees fleeing military dictatorships. As such, this work reveals the unique trajectory of the rise and usage of international human rights.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/34707
dc.languageen_USen_US
dc.subjecthuman rightsen_US
dc.subjectMéxico 1970sen_US
dc.subjectLuís Echeverríaen_US
dc.subjectJohn P. Humphreyen_US
dc.subjectJimmy Carteren_US
dc.subjectJosé López Portilloen_US
dc.subjectJulio Scherer Garcíaen_US
dc.subjectInternational Women's Year Conference (IWY)en_US
dc.subjectCharter of Economic Rights and Duties of Statesen_US
dc.subjectProceso Magazineen_US
dc.subjectU.S.-Mexico Relations 1979en_US
dc.subjectLópez Portillo-Carteren_US
dc.thesis.degreePh.D.en_US
dc.titleThe Revolution in Crisis: A History of Human Rights in Mexico, 1970-1980en_US
ou.groupCollege of Arts and Sciences::Department of Historyen_US
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