Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Abbreviations ix
4. Timeline of Major Events xii
5. Note on Romanization and Translation xx
6. Introduction. The Human Rights Turn: A Transnational Perspective on Democratization Movements in South Korea 1
7. Chapter 1. Protest Language: Appropriating, Translating, and Transforming the Language of Human Rights 21
8. Chapter 2. Transpacific Politics: Emerging Transnational Human Rights Actions and Counteractions 53
9. Chapter 3. Washington: Emerging Epicenter for Transnational Human Rights Politics 84
10. Chapter 4. The 1976 March 1 Incident: A Transnational Human Rights Issue and a US-ROK Diplomatic Quandary 119
11. Chapter 5. People’s Protests: Economic Rights as Human Rights 148
12. Chapter 6. Kwangju: Democratic Struggles and Anti-Americanism 185
13. Chapter 7. Aftermath: Human Rights Talk, Activism, and Politics in the 1980s Democratic Transition 217
14. Epilogue. Human Rights in the Post-Democratization and Global Justice Age 252
15. Notes 271
16. Bibliography 315
17. Index 327
18. Acknowledgments 335