Human Rights and Free Trade in Mexico: A Discursive and Sociopolitical Perspective

266 Pages·2008·33.63 MB·English

by  Ariadna Estévez (auth.)

HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREE
TRADE IN MEXICO
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HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREE
TRADE IN MEXICO
A
DISCURSIVE AND
SOCIOPOLITICAL PERSPECTIVE
Ariadna Estevez
palgrave
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HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREE TRADE IN MEXICO
Copyright © Ariadna Estévez, 2008.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Estévez, Ariadna.
Human rights and free trade in Mexico : a discursive and sociopolitical
perspective / Ariadna Estévez.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Human rights—Mexico. 2. Free trade—Social aspects—Mexico.
I. Title.
JC599.M4E88 2008
323.0972—dc22 2007047140
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CONTENTS
ListofTables lX
Acknowledgments Xl
Introduction: ADiscursiveand SociopoliticalApproach to
Free Trade and Human Rights 1
PartI
Introduction 31
1 The Neoliberal Paradox:Conservative Economic
Change and the RiseofDemocratic Politics 33
2 The Emergence ofHuman Rights Discourse in Mexico 55
3 The Exhaustion ofTransitionto Democracy
Discourse: Human Rights DiscourseEnters
Anti-freeTrade Struggles 75
Part II
Introduction 99
4 ConstructingFree Trade Worldviewswith
Human RightsDiscourse 105
5 The Construction ofIdentitiesand SpecificAgendas
with Human Rights Discourse 133
6 ArticulatingAnti-free Trade Struggles with
Human Rights Discourse 155
viii CONTENTS
Conclusions 187
Notes 195
Bibliography 229
Interviews 251
Index 253
LIST OF TABLES
1 Categoriesderived from the theoryofhegemonic
articulation used in the analysisofdiscursive practices 100
2 Differences between NGOs and SMOs 102
3 Subjectpositions and agendas with human
rights articulation 152
4 Chronologyofincreasinghuman rights articulation
in the Hemispheric SocialAlliance 165
5 Chronologyofthe first and second stages ofthe
Democratic Clause Project 183
6 Differencesbetween the Hemispheric SocialAlliance
and the Democratic ClauseProject 185