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Central American countries have long defined health as a human
right. But in recent years regional trade agreements have ushered
in aggressive intellectual property reforms, undermining this
conception. Questions of IP and health provisions are pivotal to
both human rights advocacy and "free" trade policy, and as this
book chronicles, complex political battles have developed across
the region.
Looking at events in Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Guatemala,
Angelina Godoy argues that human rights advocates need to approach
intellectual property law as more than simply a roster of
regulations. IP represents the cutting edge of a global tendency to
value all things in market terms: Life forms--from plants to human
genetic sequences--are rendered commodities, and substances
necessary to sustain life--medicines--are restricted to insure
corporate profits. If we argue only over the terms of IP protection
without confronting the underlying logic governing our trade
agreements, then human rights advocates will lose even when they
win.
Central American countries have long defined health as a human
right. But in recent years regional trade agreements have ushered
in aggressive intellectual property reforms, undermining this
conception. Questions of IP and health provisions are pivotal to
both human rights advocacy and "free" trade policy, and as this
book chronicles, complex political battles have developed across
the region.
Looking at events in Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Guatemala,
Angelina Godoy argues that human rights advocates need to approach
intellectual property law as more than simply a roster of
regulations. IP represents the cutting edge of a global tendency to
value all things in market terms: Life forms--from plants to human
genetic sequences--are rendered commodities, and substances
necessary to sustain life--medicines--are restricted to insure
corporate profits. If we argue only over the terms of IP protection
without confronting the underlying logic governing our trade
agreements, then human rights advocates will lose even when they
win.
"Popular Injustice" focuses on the spread of highly punitive forms
of social control (known locally as "mano dura") in contemporary
Latin America. Many people have not only called for harsher
punishments, such as longer prison sentences and the reintroduction
of capital punishment, but also support vigilante practices like
lynchings. In Guatemala, hundreds of these mob killings have
occurred since the end of the country's armed conflict in 1996.
Drawing on dozens of interviews with residents of lynching
communities, Godoy argues that while these acts of violence do
reveal widespread frustration with the criminal justice system,
they are more than simply knee-jerk responses to crime. They
demonstrate how community ties have been reshaped by decades of
state violence and by the social and economic changes associated
with globalization.
Popular Injustice focuses on the spread of highly punitive forms of
social control (known locally as mano dura) in contemporary Latin
America. Many people have not only called for harsher punishments,
such as longer prison sentences and the reintroduction of capital
punishment, but also support vigilante practices like lynchings. In
Guatemala, hundreds of these mob killings have occurred since the
end of the country's armed conflict in 1996. Drawing on dozens of
interviews with residents of lynching communities, Godoy argues
that while these acts of violence do reveal widespread frustration
with the criminal justice system, they are more than simply
knee-jerk responses to crime. They demonstrate how community ties
have been reshaped by decades of state violence and by the social
and economic changes associated with globalization.
In this timely volume, Rachel A. May and Andrew K. Milton have
assembled an array of scholars from different disciplines to
examine transitional governments in Eastern Europe and Latin
America. Although policy makers and scholars often conflate them,
the processes of democratization and the institutionalization of
human rights are interactive, and the successful completion of each
requires the parallel development of both. Drawing on specific
political conditions and organized around topics such as the media,
political parties, and political violence, (Un)Civil Societies
broadens the discussion about democratization both thematically and
geographically. This book is a valuable resource for students of
comparative politics and anyone interested in the ongoing dialogue
about human rights and democracy.
In this timely volume, Rachel A. May and Andrew K. Milton have
assembled an array of scholars from different disciplines to
examine transitional governments in Eastern Europe and Latin
America. Although policy makers and scholars often conflate them,
the processes of democratization and the institutionalization of
human rights are interactive, and the successful completion of each
requires the parallel development of both. Drawing on specific
political conditions and organized around topics such as the media,
political parties, and political violence, (Un)Civil Societies
broadens the discussion about democratization both thematically and
geographically. This book is a valuable resource for students of
comparative politics and anyone interested in the ongoing dialogue
about human rights and democracy.
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