| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Introduction: why remember the rescuers in Latin America? / Marcia Esparza and Zachary McKiernan -- Rescued from fear: the Sebastian Acevedo movement against torture in Chile / Christopher Ney -- Bending the rules: an ambassador's quest to save lives / Pascale Bonnefoy -- The Santo Tomás chichicastenango's municipal firefighters : "Green pines covering the dead bodies" / Marcia Esparza, Stephanie Alfaro and Kristy Sanandres -- Strategic rescue responses to genocide : the Guatemalan case / Roddy Brett -- Between memory and oblivion : the cases of Eureka and Afadem / Isabel de León Olivares, Maribel Rivas-Vasconcelos and Miriam Rodriguez -- From rescue to solidarity : (re) humanizing relationships for social transformation / Jenny Escobar and Angie Tamayo -- Argentine rescuers : a study on the "banality of good" / Jessica Casiro -- Conclusion: on the moral value of rescue and remembering rescuers : conceptualizing rescue in the Latin American context / Jeffrey Blustein -- About the contributors and editors |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Human rights workers -- Latin America
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Human rights -- Latin America
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights
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Human rights
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Human rights workers
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Latin America
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Esparza, Marcia, editor
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De Ycaza, Carla, editor
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| LC no. |
2016058897 |
| ISBN |
9781498533270 |
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1498533272 |
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