Grugel, Jean Bernadette orcid.org/0000-0003-3216-0335 and Fontana, Lorenza B. (2019) Human Rights and the Pink Tide in Latin America:Which Rights Matter? Development and change. pp. 707-734. ISSN 0012-155X
Abstract
Latin America witnessed the election of ‘new Left’ governments in the early 21 st century that, in different ways, sought to open a debate about alternatives to paradigms of neoliberal development. What has this meant for the way that human rights are understood and for patterns of human rights compliance? Using qualitative and quantitative evidence, this article discusses how human rights are imagined and the compliance records of new Left governments through the lens of the three ‘generations’ of human rights — political and civil, social and economic, and cultural and environmental rights. The authors draw in particular on evidence from Andean countries and the Southern Cone. While basic civil and individual liberties are still far from guaranteed, especially in the Andean region, new Left countries show better overall performances in relation to socio-economic rights compared to the past and to other Latin American countries. All new Left governments also demonstrate an increasing interest in ‘third generation’ (cultural and environmental) rights, though this is especially marked in the Andean Left. The authors discuss the tensions around interpretations and categories of human rights, reflect on the stagnation of first generation rights and note the difficulties associated with translating second and third generation rights into policy.
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Politics (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 02 Feb 2018 12:50 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 14:04 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12418 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/dech.12418 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:126996 |