Human rights in the United States : beyond exceptionalism /
Human rights in the United States : beyond exceptionalism /
edited by Shareen Hertel, Kathryn Libal.
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
- 1 online resource (xxvi, 366 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword: are Americans human?: reflections on the future of progressive politics in the United States / Paradoxes and possibilities: domestic human rights policy in context / Structuring Debates, Institutionalizing Rights: The yellow sweatshirt: human dignity and economic human rights in advanced industrialized democracies / The U.S. welfare state: a battleground for human rights / Drawing lines in the sand: building economic and social rights in the United States / State and local commissions as sites for domestic human rights implementation / Challenging Public/Private Divides: The curious resistance to seeing domestic violence as a human rights violation in the United States / Entrenched inequity: healthcare in the United States / Business and human rights: a new approach to advancing environmental justice in the United States / From the Margins to the Center: Making Harms Visible through Human Rights Framing: The law and politics of U.S. participation in the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities / The anomaly of citizenship for indigenous rights / Human rights violations as obstacles to escaping poverty: the case of lone mother-headed families / he human rights of children in conflict with the law: lessons for the U.S. human rights movement / LGBT rights as human rights in the United States: opportunities lost / No shelter: disaster politics in Louisiana and the struggle for human rights / Dorothy Q. Thomas -- Kathryn Libal and Shareen Hertel -- Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann; Mimi Abramovitz; Cathy Albisa; Risa E. Kaufman -- Sally Engle Merry and Jessica Shimmin; Jonathan Todres; Jean Connolly Carmalt, Sarah Zaidi, and Alicia Ely Yamin; Joanne Bauer -- Michael Ashley Stein and Janet E. Lord; Bethany R. Berger; Ken Neubeck; Mie Lewis; Julie Mertus; Davida Finger and Rachel E. Luft. 1. Section I. 2. 3. 4. 5. Section II. 6. 7. At the crossroads: children's rights and the U.S. government / 8. 9. Section III. 10. 11. 12. 13. T 14. 15.
"This book brings to light emerging evidence of a shift toward a fuller engagement with international human rights norms and their application to domestic policy dilemmas in the United States. The volume offers a rich history, spanning close to three centuries, of the marginalization of human rights discourse in the United States. Contributors analyze particular cases of U.S. human rights advocacy aimed at addressing persistent inequalities within the United States itself, including advocacy on the rights of persons with disabilities; indigenous peoples; lone mother-headed families; incarcerated persons; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people; and those displaced by natural disasters, most notably Hurricane Katrina. The book also explores key arenas in which legal scholars, policy practitioners, and grassroots activists are challenging multiple divides between "public" and "private" spheres (for example, in connection with children's rights and domestic violence) and between "public" and "private" sectors (specifically, in relation to healthcare and business and human rights)"--Provided by publisher
English.
9781139078900 (electronic bk.) 1139078909 (electronic bk.) 9780511842269 (electronic bk.) 0511842260 (electronic bk.) 1139064118 9781139064118 1107221994 9781107221994 1283111195 9781283111195 1139076620 9781139076623 9786613111197 6613111198 1139083449 9781139083447 1139081179 9781139081177 1139070908 9781139070904
Human rights--United States.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)--États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Civil Rights.
Human rights.
United States.
Electronic books.
JC599.U5 / H754 2011eb
323.0973
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword: are Americans human?: reflections on the future of progressive politics in the United States / Paradoxes and possibilities: domestic human rights policy in context / Structuring Debates, Institutionalizing Rights: The yellow sweatshirt: human dignity and economic human rights in advanced industrialized democracies / The U.S. welfare state: a battleground for human rights / Drawing lines in the sand: building economic and social rights in the United States / State and local commissions as sites for domestic human rights implementation / Challenging Public/Private Divides: The curious resistance to seeing domestic violence as a human rights violation in the United States / Entrenched inequity: healthcare in the United States / Business and human rights: a new approach to advancing environmental justice in the United States / From the Margins to the Center: Making Harms Visible through Human Rights Framing: The law and politics of U.S. participation in the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities / The anomaly of citizenship for indigenous rights / Human rights violations as obstacles to escaping poverty: the case of lone mother-headed families / he human rights of children in conflict with the law: lessons for the U.S. human rights movement / LGBT rights as human rights in the United States: opportunities lost / No shelter: disaster politics in Louisiana and the struggle for human rights / Dorothy Q. Thomas -- Kathryn Libal and Shareen Hertel -- Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann; Mimi Abramovitz; Cathy Albisa; Risa E. Kaufman -- Sally Engle Merry and Jessica Shimmin; Jonathan Todres; Jean Connolly Carmalt, Sarah Zaidi, and Alicia Ely Yamin; Joanne Bauer -- Michael Ashley Stein and Janet E. Lord; Bethany R. Berger; Ken Neubeck; Mie Lewis; Julie Mertus; Davida Finger and Rachel E. Luft. 1. Section I. 2. 3. 4. 5. Section II. 6. 7. At the crossroads: children's rights and the U.S. government / 8. 9. Section III. 10. 11. 12. 13. T 14. 15.
"This book brings to light emerging evidence of a shift toward a fuller engagement with international human rights norms and their application to domestic policy dilemmas in the United States. The volume offers a rich history, spanning close to three centuries, of the marginalization of human rights discourse in the United States. Contributors analyze particular cases of U.S. human rights advocacy aimed at addressing persistent inequalities within the United States itself, including advocacy on the rights of persons with disabilities; indigenous peoples; lone mother-headed families; incarcerated persons; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people; and those displaced by natural disasters, most notably Hurricane Katrina. The book also explores key arenas in which legal scholars, policy practitioners, and grassroots activists are challenging multiple divides between "public" and "private" spheres (for example, in connection with children's rights and domestic violence) and between "public" and "private" sectors (specifically, in relation to healthcare and business and human rights)"--Provided by publisher
English.
9781139078900 (electronic bk.) 1139078909 (electronic bk.) 9780511842269 (electronic bk.) 0511842260 (electronic bk.) 1139064118 9781139064118 1107221994 9781107221994 1283111195 9781283111195 1139076620 9781139076623 9786613111197 6613111198 1139083449 9781139083447 1139081179 9781139081177 1139070908 9781139070904
Human rights--United States.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)--États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Civil Rights.
Human rights.
United States.
Electronic books.
JC599.U5 / H754 2011eb
323.0973