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Interdisciplinary Approaches to Human Rights Scholarship in Latin America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2005

PAOLA CESARINI
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, Providence College.
SHAREEN HERTEL
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, University of Connecticut.

Abstract

Human rights are the focus of research and teaching in multiple fields including law, philosophy, political science, sociology, anthropology, economics, psychology, history, literature and public health. Human rights are also the focus of advocacy and on-the-ground investigation by activists affiliated with nongovernmental organisations (NGOs), labour unions and social movements. Scholars interested in rights-based issues thus often face a dual challenge: that of crossing disciplinary boundaries in order to explore human rights questions, and that of bridging the academic-practitioner divide.

Type
Commentary
Copyright
2005 Cambridge University Press

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