Economic Rights in Canada and the United States
Herausgeber: Howard-Hassmann, Rhoda E; Jr
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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.
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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.
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- Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
- Seitenzahl: 288
- Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2009
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 23mm
- Gewicht: 431g
- ISBN-13: 9780812220933
- ISBN-10: 0812220935
- Artikelnr.: 26816859
- Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
- Seitenzahl: 288
- Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2009
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 23mm
- Gewicht: 431g
- ISBN-13: 9780812220933
- ISBN-10: 0812220935
- Artikelnr.: 26816859
Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann is Canada Research Chair in International Human Rights and Professor in Global Studies and Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada. She is the author of several books, including Reparations to Africa, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Claude E. Welch, Jr. is SUNY Distinguished Service Professor and Professor of Political Science at the State University of New York, Buffalo. He is the author of many books, including Protecting Human Rights in Africa: Strategies and Roles of Nongovernmental Organizations, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
Introduction: Looking at Ourselves
—Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann and Claude E. Welch, Jr.
PART I. PHILOSOPHY, LAW, AND POLITICS OF ECONOMIC RIGHTS
Justifying Socioeconomic Rights
—Brian Orend
2. International Law of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A U.S.
Perspective
—David Weissbrodt
3. On the Margins of the Human Rights Discourse: Foreign Policy and
International Welfare Rights
—David P. Forsythe and Eric A. Heinze
PART II. POVERTY
4. Homelessness in Canada and the United States
—Barbara Wake Carroll
5. Welfare Racism and Human Rights
—Kenneth J. Neubeck
6. The Movement to End Poverty in the United States
—Mary Bricker-Jenkins and Willie Baptist
PART III. CONTENTIOUS AND EMERGING ISSUES
7. So Close and Yet so Different: The Right to Health Care in the United
States and Canada
—Virginia A. Leary
8. International Labor Rights and North American Labor Law
—James B. Atleson
9. Deconstructing Barriers: The Promise of Socioeconomic Rights for People
with Disabilities in Canada
—Sarah Armstrong, Mindy Noble, and Pauline Rosenbaum
10. The Economic Rights of Migrants and Immigrant Workers in Canada and the
United States
—Vic Satzewich
PART IV. A EUROPEAN COMPARISON
11. The Netherlands: A Walhalla of Economic and Social Rights?
—Peter R. Baehr
Appendix 1. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Appendix 2. Excerpts from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's State of
the Union Address, January 6, 1941
Appendix 3. Excerpts from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's State of
the Union Address, January 11, 1944
Abbreviations
Contributors
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments
—Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann and Claude E. Welch, Jr.
PART I. PHILOSOPHY, LAW, AND POLITICS OF ECONOMIC RIGHTS
Justifying Socioeconomic Rights
—Brian Orend
2. International Law of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A U.S.
Perspective
—David Weissbrodt
3. On the Margins of the Human Rights Discourse: Foreign Policy and
International Welfare Rights
—David P. Forsythe and Eric A. Heinze
PART II. POVERTY
4. Homelessness in Canada and the United States
—Barbara Wake Carroll
5. Welfare Racism and Human Rights
—Kenneth J. Neubeck
6. The Movement to End Poverty in the United States
—Mary Bricker-Jenkins and Willie Baptist
PART III. CONTENTIOUS AND EMERGING ISSUES
7. So Close and Yet so Different: The Right to Health Care in the United
States and Canada
—Virginia A. Leary
8. International Labor Rights and North American Labor Law
—James B. Atleson
9. Deconstructing Barriers: The Promise of Socioeconomic Rights for People
with Disabilities in Canada
—Sarah Armstrong, Mindy Noble, and Pauline Rosenbaum
10. The Economic Rights of Migrants and Immigrant Workers in Canada and the
United States
—Vic Satzewich
PART IV. A EUROPEAN COMPARISON
11. The Netherlands: A Walhalla of Economic and Social Rights?
—Peter R. Baehr
Appendix 1. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Appendix 2. Excerpts from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's State of
the Union Address, January 6, 1941
Appendix 3. Excerpts from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's State of
the Union Address, January 11, 1944
Abbreviations
Contributors
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Looking at Ourselves
—Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann and Claude E. Welch, Jr.
PART I. PHILOSOPHY, LAW, AND POLITICS OF ECONOMIC RIGHTS
Justifying Socioeconomic Rights
—Brian Orend
2. International Law of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A U.S.
Perspective
—David Weissbrodt
3. On the Margins of the Human Rights Discourse: Foreign Policy and
International Welfare Rights
—David P. Forsythe and Eric A. Heinze
PART II. POVERTY
4. Homelessness in Canada and the United States
—Barbara Wake Carroll
5. Welfare Racism and Human Rights
—Kenneth J. Neubeck
6. The Movement to End Poverty in the United States
—Mary Bricker-Jenkins and Willie Baptist
PART III. CONTENTIOUS AND EMERGING ISSUES
7. So Close and Yet so Different: The Right to Health Care in the United
States and Canada
—Virginia A. Leary
8. International Labor Rights and North American Labor Law
—James B. Atleson
9. Deconstructing Barriers: The Promise of Socioeconomic Rights for People
with Disabilities in Canada
—Sarah Armstrong, Mindy Noble, and Pauline Rosenbaum
10. The Economic Rights of Migrants and Immigrant Workers in Canada and the
United States
—Vic Satzewich
PART IV. A EUROPEAN COMPARISON
11. The Netherlands: A Walhalla of Economic and Social Rights?
—Peter R. Baehr
Appendix 1. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Appendix 2. Excerpts from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's State of
the Union Address, January 6, 1941
Appendix 3. Excerpts from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's State of
the Union Address, January 11, 1944
Abbreviations
Contributors
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments
—Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann and Claude E. Welch, Jr.
PART I. PHILOSOPHY, LAW, AND POLITICS OF ECONOMIC RIGHTS
Justifying Socioeconomic Rights
—Brian Orend
2. International Law of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A U.S.
Perspective
—David Weissbrodt
3. On the Margins of the Human Rights Discourse: Foreign Policy and
International Welfare Rights
—David P. Forsythe and Eric A. Heinze
PART II. POVERTY
4. Homelessness in Canada and the United States
—Barbara Wake Carroll
5. Welfare Racism and Human Rights
—Kenneth J. Neubeck
6. The Movement to End Poverty in the United States
—Mary Bricker-Jenkins and Willie Baptist
PART III. CONTENTIOUS AND EMERGING ISSUES
7. So Close and Yet so Different: The Right to Health Care in the United
States and Canada
—Virginia A. Leary
8. International Labor Rights and North American Labor Law
—James B. Atleson
9. Deconstructing Barriers: The Promise of Socioeconomic Rights for People
with Disabilities in Canada
—Sarah Armstrong, Mindy Noble, and Pauline Rosenbaum
10. The Economic Rights of Migrants and Immigrant Workers in Canada and the
United States
—Vic Satzewich
PART IV. A EUROPEAN COMPARISON
11. The Netherlands: A Walhalla of Economic and Social Rights?
—Peter R. Baehr
Appendix 1. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Appendix 2. Excerpts from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's State of
the Union Address, January 6, 1941
Appendix 3. Excerpts from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's State of
the Union Address, January 11, 1944
Abbreviations
Contributors
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments