TY - BOOK ID - 78143066 TI - Left in transformation PY - 2005 SN - 041554162X 0203959574 1135499365 9781135499365 1299868940 9781299868946 9780203959572 0415975972 9780415975971 9781135499433 9781135499501 9780415541626 1135499438 PB - New York DB - UniCat KW - Human rights advocacy KW - Human rights workers KW - Human rights KW - Exiles KW - Persons KW - Aliens KW - Deportees KW - Refugees KW - Basic rights KW - Civil rights (International law) KW - Rights, Human KW - Rights of man KW - Human security KW - Transitional justice KW - Truth commissions KW - Activists, Human rights KW - Advocates, Human rights KW - Defenders of human rights KW - Human rights activists KW - Human rights advocates KW - Human rights defenders KW - Workers, Human rights KW - Reformers KW - Advocacy, Human rights KW - Social advocacy KW - National human rights institutions KW - International cooperation. KW - Political activity KW - Law and legislation KW - Uruguay KW - Politics and government UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78143066 AB - This book takes an innovative look at international relations. Focusing on the worldwide campaign against abuses by the right-wing authoritarian regime in Uruguay (1973-1984), it explores how norms and ideas interact with political interests, both global and domestic. It examines joint actions by differently-motivated actors such as the leftist activists who had to flee Uruguay in these years, the Organization of American States, The United Nations, Amnesty International, and the United States. It traces language and procedures for making their claims. The chief goal, however, is to peruse the ER -