Human Rights and United States Policy toward Latin America

Lars Schoultz

ISBN 10: 0691022046 / ISBN 13: 9780691022048

Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1981

About this Item

Princeton University Press, December 1981. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Binding square and tight. Interior unmarked other than the original bookseller's price stamp. Covers clean with mild shelfwear. Foxing to closed edges. Not from a library. 421 pages. A study of the role of human rights in United States policy toward Latin America from the early 1960s to 1980. The author proposes that to understand U.S. policy in Latin America, one must critically examine the deeply held beliefs of U.S. policy makers about what Latin America means to U.S. national security. Contents: Introduction 1. Latin America and U.S. Public Opinion; 2. Interest Groups; 3. Diplomacy and Human Rights; 4. Economic Aid: Participants and Processes; 5. Economic Aid and Human Rights; 6. Military Assistance; 7. Multilateral Economic Assistance; 8. Linkages to the U.S. Private Sector; Conclusion.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Human Rights and United States Policy toward Latin America
• Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691022046
• ISBN 13: 9780691022048
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The role of human rights in United States policy toward Latin America is the subject of this study. It covers the early sixties to 1980, a period when humanitarian values came to play an important role in determining United States foreign policy. The author is concerned both with explaining why these values came to impinge on government decision making and how internal bureaucratic processes affected the specific content of United States policy.

Originally published in 1981.

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About the Author

Lars Schoultz is William Rand Kenan, Jr., Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and past president of the Latin American Studies Association.