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Human Rights in Our Own Backyard focuses on the state of human rights and responses to human rights issues in the United States, drawing on sociological literature and perspectives to interrogate assumptions of American exceptionalism.
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2011] ©2011 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Pennsylvania studies in human rights
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| Online Access: |
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| Summary: |
Human Rights in Our Own Backyard focuses on the state of human rights and responses to human rights issues in the United States, drawing on sociological literature and perspectives to interrogate assumptions of American exceptionalism. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9780812205145 |
| Index Number: | JC599 |
| CLC: | D771.224 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Introduction: Human Rights in the United States -- Chapter 1. Sweatshirts and Sweatshops: Labor Rights, Student Activism, and the Challenges of Collegiate Apparel Manufacturing / Chapter 2. Labor Rights After the Flexible Turn: The Rise of Contingent Employment and the Implications for Worker Rights in the United States / Chapter 3. Preying on the American Dream: Predatory Lending, Institutionalized Racism, and Resistance to Economic Injustice / Chapter 4. Food Not Bombs: The Right to Eat / Chapter 5. The Long Road to Economic and Social Justice / Chapter 6. Hurricane Katrina and the Right to Food and Shelter / Chapter 7. Education, Human Rights, and the State: Toward New Visions / Chapter 8. Health and Human Rights / Chapter 9. We Are a People in the World: Native Americans and Human Rights / Chapter 10. Reflections on Cultural Human Rights / Chapter 11. Erosion of Political and Civil Rights: Looking Back to Changes Since 9/11/01: The Patriot Act / Chapter 12. U.S. Asylum and Refugee Policy: The "Culture of No" / Chapter 13. The Border Action Network and Human Rights: Community-Based Resistance Against the Militarization of the U.S.-Mexico Border / Chapter 14. Sexual Citizenship: Marriage, Adoption, and Immigration in the United States / Chapter 15. Do Human Rights Endure Across Nation-State Boundaries? Analyzing the Experiences of Guest Workers / Chapter 16. From International Platforms to Local Yards: Standing Up for the Elimination of Racial Discrimi |