The economic accomplices to the Argentine dictatorship : outstanding debts / edited by Horacio Verbitsky, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky ; translated into English by Laura Pérez Carrara

Uniform Title: Cuentas pendientes. English
Published: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Copyright Date: ©2016
Edition: First English edition.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 394 pages)
Additional Creators: Verbitsky, Horacio and Bohoslavsky, Juan Pablo

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Translated from the Spanish.

Contents

Past and present of economic complicity -- Theoretical framework and international dimension -- The macroeconomics of the dictatorship -- Complicity and the law -- Company-ordered disappearances -- Industrial and agricultural business associations : complicity and benefits -- Illegal appropriation of companies -- A range of generous and interested supports.

Summary

Much has been written on the Argentine dictatorship and the transitional justice movement that brought its members to justice. However there has been no study to date of the economic accomplices to this dictatorship and the recent advancements in Argentina towards holding these actors accountable. What was the role of banks, companies, and individuals in perpetuating a murderous regime? To what extent should they be held responsible? As the first academic study on economic complicity in Argentina, this book attempts to answer these questions. Renowned human rights scholars investigate the role played by such actors as Ford, Mercedes Benz, the press, foreign banks, and even the Catholic Church. Across numerous case studies, the authors make a compelling argument for the legal responsibility of economic accomplices. A groundbreaking interdisciplinary study, this book will be essential to anyone interested in transitional justice, business, and human rights.

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ISBN

9781316421499 (electronic bk.)
131642149X (electronic bk.)
9781316421260
1316421260
9781107114197 (hardcover alkaline paper)
1107114195 (hardcover alkaline paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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