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Online-Ressource (288 p)
ISBN:
9780812220933
Serie:
Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
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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.
Inhalt:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: Looking at Ourselves -- Part I. Philosophy, Law, and Politics of Economic Rights -- Chapter 1. Justifying Socioeconomic Rights -- Chapter 2. International Law of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights: A U.S.Perspective -- Chapter 3. On the Margins of the Human Rights Discourse: Foreign Policy and International Welfare Rights -- Part II. Poverty -- Chapter 4. Homelessness in Canada and the United States -- Chapter 5. Welfare Racism and Human Rights -- Chapter 6. The Movement to End Poverty in the United States -- Part III. Contentious and Emerging Issues -- Chapter 7. So Close and Yet So Different: The Right to Health Care in the United States and Canada -- Chapter 8. International Labor Rights and North American Labor Law -- Chapter 9. Deconstructing Barriers: The Promise of Socioeconomic Rights for People with Disabilities in Canada -- Chapter 10. The Economic Rights of Migrant and Immigrant Workers in Canada and the United States -- Part IV. A European Comparison -- Chapter 11. The Netherlands: A Walhalla of Economic and Social Rights? -- Appendices -- 1. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights -- 2. Excerpts from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's State of the Union Address, January 6, 1941 -- 3. Excerpts from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's State of the Union Address, January 11, 1944 -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
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""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Introduction: Looking at Ourselves ""; ""Part I. Philosophy, Law, and Politics of Economic Rights ""; ""Chapter 1. Justifying Socioeconomic Rights ""; ""Chapter 2. International Law of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights: A U.S.Perspective ""; ""Chapter 3. On the Margins of the Human Rights Discourse: Foreign Policy and International Welfare Rights ""; ""Part II. Poverty ""; ""Chapter 4. Homelessness in Canada and the United States ""; ""Chapter 5. Welfare Racism and Human Rights ""
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""Chapter 6. The Movement to End Poverty in the United States """"Part III. Contentious and Emerging Issues ""; ""Chapter 7. So Close and Yet So Different: The Right to Health Care in the United States and Canada ""; ""Chapter 8. International Labor Rights and North American Labor Law ""; ""Chapter 9. Deconstructing Barriers: The Promise of Socioeconomic Rights for People with Disabilities in Canada ""; ""Chapter 10. The Economic Rights of Migrant and Immigrant Workers in Canada and the United States ""; ""Part IV. A European Comparison ""
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""Chapter 11. The Netherlands: A Walhalla of Economic and Social Rights? """"Appendices""; ""1. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ""; ""2. Excerpts from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's State of the Union Address, January 6, 1941 ""; ""3. Excerpts from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's State of the Union Address, January 11, 1944 ""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Notes""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Index""; ""Acknowledgments""
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ISBN 9780812204780
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ISBN 9780812220933
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Print version Economic Rights in Canada and the United States
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Englisch
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