Foreword; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Defining Rights; Chapter 1: Land of Equality and Assassins: Rights in the National Imaginary; Chapter 2: Spaces of Corruption and the Edifice of Impunity; Chapter 3: Streets, Plazas, and Palaces: Asserting Justice and Work as Rights; Chapter 4: The Right to Collective Well-being; Chapter 5: Conclusion: Rethinking Citizenship and Human Rights; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Understanding the various meanings given to human and citizenship rights in Argentina is an important task, particularly so given the nation's prominence in global discussions. An ""exporter"" of tactics, ideas, and experts, Argentina has become a site of innovation in the field of human rights. This book investigates two prominent Buenos Aires protest organizations-Memoria Activa and the BAUEN workers' cooperative-to consider how each has framed its demands within a language of rights. Fundamentally, this book is concerned with the complex interrelationship between the discourse o
