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000435220 24500 $$aHuman rights in our own backyard :$$binjustice and resistance in the United States /$$cedited by William T. Armaline, Davita Silfen Glasberg, and Bandana Purkayastha.
000435220 250__ $$a1st ed.
000435220 260__ $$aPhiladelphia :$$bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$$cc2011.
000435220 300__ $$axiv, 325 p. ;$$c24 cm.
000435220 440_0 $$aPennsylvania studies in human rights.
000435220 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000435220 50500 $$gIntroduction.$$tHuman rights in the United States --$$tSweatshirts and sweatshops : labor rights, student activism, and the challenges of collegiate apparel manufacturing /$$rJulie Elkins, and Shareen Hertel --$$tLabor rights after the flexible turn : the rise of contingent employment and the implications for worker rights in the United States /$$rAndrew S. Fullerton and Dwanna L. Robertson --$$tPreying on the American dream : predatory lending, institutionalized racism, and resistance to economic injustice /$$rDavita Silfen Glasberg, Angie Beeman, and Colleen Casey --$$tFood not bombs : the right to eat /$$rDeric Shannon --$$tThe long road to economic and social justice /$$rAmada Ploch --$$tHurricane Katrina and the right to food and shelter /$$rBarret Katuna --$$tEducation, human rights, and the state : toward new visions /$$rAbraham P. DeLeon --$$tHeath and human rights /$$rKathryn Strother Ratcliff --$$tWe are a people in the world: Native Americans and human rights /$$rBarbara Gurr --$$tReflections on cultural human rights /$$rMiho Iwata and Bandana Purkayastha --$$tErosion of political and civil rights : looking back to changes since 9/11/01 : the Patriot Act /$$rChristine Zozula --$$tU.S. asylum and refugee policy : the "culture of no" /$$rBill Frelick --$$tThe Border Action Network and human rights : community-based resistance against militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border /$$rSang Hea Kil, Jennifer Allen, and Zoe Hammer --$$tSexual citizenship : marriage, adoption, and immigration in the United States /$$rKatie Acosta --$$tDo human rights endure across nation-state boundaries? : Analyzing the experiences of guest workers /$$rShweta Majumdar Adur --$$tFrom international platforms to local yards : standing up for the elimination of racial discrimination in the United States /$$rBandana Purkayastha, Aheli Purkayastha and Chandra Waring --$$tCaging kids of color : juvenile justice and human rights in the United States /$$rWilliam T. Armaline --$$t"What lies beneath" : foundations of the U.S. human rights perspective and the significance for women /$$rTola Olu Pearce --$$tSex trafficking : in our backyard? /$$rRanita Ray --$$tThe U.S. culture of violence /$$rStacy A. Missari --$$tBuilding U.S. human rights culture from the ground up : international human rights implementation at the local level /$$rChivy Sok and Kenneth J. Neubeck --$$tCritical resistance and the prison abolitionist movement /$$rZoe Hammer --$$tHuman rights in the United States : the "gold standard" and the human rights enterprise /$$rWilliam T. Armaline, Davita Silfen Glasberg, and Bandana Purkayastha.
000435220 520__ $$a"Most Americans assume that the United States provides a gold standard for human rights--a 2007 survey found that 80 percent of U.S. adults believed that 'the U.S. does a better job than most countries when it comes to protecting human rights.' As well, discussions among scholars and public officials in the United States frame human rights issues as concerning people, policies, or practices 'over there.' By contrast, the contributors to this volume argue that many of the greatest immediate and structural threats to human rights, and some of the most significant efforts to realize human rights in practice, can be found in our own backyard. Human Rights in Our Own Backyard examines the state of human rights and responses to human rights issues, drawing on sociological literature and perspectives to interrogate assumptions of American exceptionalism. How do people in the U.S. address human rights issues? What strategies have they adopted, and how successful have they been? Essays are organized around key conventions of human rights, focusing on the relationships between human rights and justice, the state and the individual, civil rights and human rights, and group rights versus individual rights. The contributors are united by a common conception of the human rights enterprise as a process involving not only state-defined and implemented rights but also human rights from below as promoted by activists"--Provided by publisher.
000435220 650_0 $$aHuman rights$$zUnited States.
000435220 650_0 $$aHuman rights$$xGovernment policy$$zUnited States.
000435220 7001_ $$aArmaline, William T.
000435220 7001_ $$aGlasberg, Davita Silfen.
000435220 7001_ $$aPurkayastha, Bandana,$$d1956-
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