Human Rights, Hegemony, And Utopia In Latin America

Title will be prominently featured at all of the academic conferences we attend Promotion to coincide with the annual American Sociological Association conference Reviews will be sought from left leaning academic journals

In their stirring analysis Pérez-Bustillo and Hernández Mares explore the evolving relationship between hegemonic and counter-hegemonic visions of human rights.The concept of human rights is often deployed by states in defence of various policies, as well by those resisting the impact of those same policies. Using case studies from contemporary Mexico and Colombia, Perez-Bustillo and Hernandez Mares explore the evolving relationship between these hegemonic and counter-hegemonic visions of human rights.