Human Rights in the United States Beyond Exceptionalism

Name: Human Rights in the United States Beyond Exceptionalism
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ISBN: 9781107400870

ISBN-10: 1107400872

ISBN-13: 9781107400870

Edition: 2011

Authors: Shareen Hertel, Kathryn Libal

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List price: $62.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/18/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 394
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.90" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Contributors


Acknowledgments


Foreword: Are Americans Human? Reflections on the Future of Progressive Politics in the United States




Paradoxes and Possibilities: Domestic Human Rights Policy in Context




Structuring Debates, Institutionalizing Rights



The Yellow Sweatshirt: Human Dignity and Economic Human Rights in Advanced Industrial Democracies




The U.S. Welfare State: A Battleground for Human Rights




Drawing Lines in the Sand: Building Economic and Social Rights Norms in the United States




State and Local Commissions as Sites for Domestic Human Rights Implementation




Challenging Public/Private Divides



The Curious Resistance to Seeing Domestic Violence as a Human Rights Violation in the United States




At the Crossroads: Children's Rights and the U.S. Government




Entrenched Inequity: Health Care in the United States




Business and Human Rights: A New Approach to Advancing Environmental Justice in the United States




From The Margins to the Center: Making Harms Visible Through Human Rights Framing



The Law and Politics of U.S. Participation in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities




The Anomaly of Citizenship for Indigenous Rights




Human Rights Violations as Obstacles to Escaping Poverty: The Case of Lone-Mother-Headed Families




The Human Rights of Children in Conflict with the Law: Lessons for the U.S. Human Rights Movement




LGBT Rights as Human Rights in the United States: Opportunities Lost




No Shelter: Disaster Politics in Louisiana and the Struggle for Human Rights




Universal Declaration of Human Rights



International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights



International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights


Index