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" Human rights in our own backyard : "
edited by William T. Armaline, Davita Silfen Glasberg, and Bandana Purkayastha.
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842521
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Armaline, William T.
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Human rights in our own backyard : : injustice and resistance in the United States /\ edited by William T. Armaline, Davita Silfen Glasberg, and Bandana Purkayastha.
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1st ed.
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Philadelphia :: University of Pennsylvania Press,, ©2011.
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Pennsylvania studies in human rights
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1 online resource (xiv, 325 pages)
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0812205146
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: 1283891093
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: 9781283891097
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0812222571
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0812243609
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9780812222579
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9780812243604
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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pt. I. Economic rights -- pt. II. Social rights -- pt. III. Cultural rights -- pt. IV. Political and civil rights -- pt. V. Convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination -- pt. VI. Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women -- pt. VII. Human rights and resistance in the United States.
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"Most Americans assume that the United States provides a gold standard for human rights--a 2007 survey found that 80 percent of U.S. adults believed that 'the U.S. does a better job than most countries when it comes to protecting human rights.' As well, discussions among scholars and public officials in the United States frame human rights issues as concerning people, policies, or practices 'over there.' By contrast, the contributors to this volume argue that many of the greatest immediate and structural threats to human rights, and some of the most significant efforts to realize human rights in practice, can be found in our own backyard. Human Rights in Our Own Backyard examines the state of human rights and responses to human rights issues, drawing on sociological literature and perspectives to interrogate assumptions of American exceptionalism. How do people in the U.S. address human rights issues? What strategies have they adopted, and how successful have they been? Essays are organized around key conventions of human rights, focusing on the relationships between human rights and justice, the state and the individual, civil rights and human rights, and group rights versus individual rights. The contributors are united by a common conception of the human rights enterprise as a process involving not only state-defined and implemented rights but also human rights from below as promoted by activists"--Provided by publisher.
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Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer, Bitterfeld
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Human rights-- Government policy-- United States.
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Human rights-- United States.
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Human rights-- Government policy.
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Human rights.
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Human Rights.
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Law, Politics Government.
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Menschenrecht
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Human Rights.
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United States.
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USA
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| Dewey Classification
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323.0973
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JC599.U6H85 2011
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Glasberg, Davita Silfen
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Purkayastha, Bandana,1956-
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