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edocfu_9958352311002883
Umfang:
1 online resource (288 pages) :
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illustrations.
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Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9780812204780
Serie:
Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
Inhalt:
This volume explains how economic rights are realized—or violated—in Canada and the United States. Contributors analyze the philosophy, law, and politics of these rights and discuss specific issues such as poverty, health care, and the rights of people with disabilities.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Introduction. Looking at Ourselves /
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Chapter 1. Justifying Socioeconomic Rights /
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Chapter 2. International Law of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights /
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Chapter 3. On the Margins of the Human Rights Discourse /
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Chapter 4. Homelessness in Canada and the United States /
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Chapter 5. Welfare Racism and Human Rights /
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Chapter 6. The Movement to End Poverty in the United States /
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Chapter 7. So Close and Yet So Different /
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Chapter 8. International Labor Rights and North American Labor Law /
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Chapter 9. Deconstructing Barriers /
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Chapter 10. The Economic Rights of Migrant and Immigrant Workers in Canada and the United States /
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Chapter 11. The Netherlands /
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Appendix 1. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights --
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Appendix 2. Excerpts from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s State of the Union Address, January 6, 1941 --
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Appendix 3. Excerpts from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s State of the Union Address, January 11, 1944 --
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Abbreviations --
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Notes --
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Contributors --
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Index --
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Acknowledgments.
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In English.
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.9783/9780812204780
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812204780
