RESEARCH BOOKS by Estela Valverde
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Brisbane: Department of Romance Languages., 1996
EDITED BOOKS by Estela Valverde
BOOK CHAPTERS by Estela Valverde
This chapter examines the role of the disappeared as victims of Cold War political repression in ... more This chapter examines the role of the disappeared as victims of Cold War political repression in post-Cold War memory politics and justice in Spain and Argentina. It explores the political lives of the disappeared in what Katherine Verdery calls “dead-body politics”: the way in which dead bodies may inhabit political lives as the meanings of their deaths are transformed by changes in the historical and political context.
Democracy, Revolution and Geopolitics in Latin America: Venezuela and the International Politics of Discontent
RESEARCH ARTICLES by Estela Valverde
Resumen: En este artículo exploramos la relación entre tolerancia y derechos humanos en Uruguay, ... more Resumen: En este artículo exploramos la relación entre tolerancia y derechos humanos en Uruguay, analizando la asimetría de la tolerancia puramente actitudinal. Esa forma de la tolerancia no es sostenible si se define la comunidad nacional a partir de los valores culturales de la mayoría étnica. Identificamos momentos históricos claves en Uruguay que demuestran los límites de la tolerancia, y comparamos el caso uruguayo con el australiano. En vez de la tolerancia actitudinal, defendemos la tolerancia que surja del reconocimiento recíproco de derechos. Esta forma de la tolerancia, consagrada por la ley, es posible dentro de una nación con un proyecto común de negociación política y de participación cívica en lugar de una cultura única que exige la asimilación. Abstract: In this article we explore the relationship between tolerance and human rights in Uruguay, analyzing the asymmetry of purely attitudinal tolerance. This form of tolerance is unsustainable if the national community is defined based on the cultural values of the ethnic majority. We identify key moments in Uruguay's history that demonstrate the limits 1 Este artículo forma parte de un proyecto teórico con enfoque interdisciplinario de investigación de la movilidad transnacional y el encuentro intercultural, asociado al grupo de investigación Modes of Communication de Macquarie University, con aportes adicionales del trabajo empírico-sociológico de A/ Prof. Valverde sobre la sociedad uruguaya contemporánea.
JILAR (Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research), Vol. 23, 2 (Sydney, September), 159-177.
This article explores the humanitarian optics of urban securitization in Latin American cities th... more This article explores the humanitarian optics of urban securitization in Latin American cities that are characterized by very high rates of homicide and urban violence. In response to this situation, an urban security model has emerged aimed at reducing crime, managing citizens’ fear and promoting urban development and social inclusion. The key vectors of this model are urban development, citizen security and securitization. This article explores the transformation of Medellín, the second largest city in Colombia, a city under siege from narco-gang violence with extreme levels of urban violence to features associated with being a globalized city. It examines two contemporary maps of Medellín: the “urban miracle map” and the “humanitarian crisis map,” which coexist as radically di erent perspectives of “seeing like a city” and “seeing like an international humanitarian organization.” The article explores these maps as the product of the interdependence of neoliberal urbanization and urban securitization which manage the spatial divide between the formal and informal city.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13260219.2017.1365927
Transitional Justice in Latin America emerged in relation to accountability for human rights abus... more Transitional Justice in Latin America emerged in relation to accountability for human rights abuses at the period of transition to democracy from dictatorship. Venezuela was often considered an exception since it generally avoided the prolonged military dictatorships which gripped the region during much of the Cold War. Under closer scrutiny though, Venezuela has had a history of violent politics but with little accountability. The Caracazo stands out as the worst case of repression, which became a politically symbolic event for President Hugo Chávez to recognise victims and press for accountability. This paper looks at the advances and contradictions Venezuela has done in Transitional Justice during the Bolivarian experiment (1999-). Transitional Justice is relevant to the Bolivarian experiment because justice emerges as part of the state institutional reform, establishing a new rule of law and combatting corruption in the police and judiciary.
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RESEARCH BOOKS by Estela Valverde
GOVERNMENT REPORTS by Estela Valverde
TEXTBOOKS by Estela Valverde
EDITED BOOKS by Estela Valverde
BOOK CHAPTERS by Estela Valverde
RESEARCH ARTICLES by Estela Valverde
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13260219.2017.1365927
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13260219.2017.1365927