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Human Rights
Blau, Judith R.; Moncada, Alberto
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Description for Human Rights
Paperback. This book analyzes the complex relationship between human rights and liberalism as two different worldviews, and how American liberalism impedes the recognition of human rights. In order to achieve democratic, equitable, and sustainable societies, people need to be accorded fundamental human rights and to grant these rights to others. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 349.
There is growing recognition around the globe that people's fundamental human rights are being imperiled in a world economy that is being driven by multinationals, investors, and banks. The 'race to the bottom' and insatiable greed has intensified poverty and economic inequalities, fueled migration, and rapidly accelerated environmental degradation. The fates of all nations are interdependent and even though the U.S. is the prime driver of the new economy, Americans have likewise experienced declines over the past decades. Blau and Moncada outline the fundamental human rights that all people are entitled to and the important role that nations have in ... Read more
There is growing recognition around the globe that people's fundamental human rights are being imperiled in a world economy that is being driven by multinationals, investors, and banks. The 'race to the bottom' and insatiable greed has intensified poverty and economic inequalities, fueled migration, and rapidly accelerated environmental degradation. The fates of all nations are interdependent and even though the U.S. is the prime driver of the new economy, Americans have likewise experienced declines over the past decades. Blau and Moncada outline the fundamental human rights that all people are entitled to and the important role that nations have in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742542433
SKU
V9780742542433
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99-15
About Blau, Judith R.; Moncada, Alberto
Judith Blau is professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and president of the U.S. chapter of Sociologists without Borders. She is the author or editor of numerous books, including The Shape of Culture, Race in the Schools, and The Blackwell Companion to Sociology, and is currently the editor of Social Forces. Alberto Moncada is ... Read more
Reviews for Human Rights
Human Rights is both a welcome contribution in its own right and an intellectually engaging stimulus to further work on its urgent themes. Human rights and global justice are among the fundamental issues of our day and a sociological perspective such as this one is sorely needed.
Craig Calhoun, University Professor of Social Sciences, Arizona State University Through a ... Read more
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