Human Rights in the United States - Beyond Exceptionalism (Paperback)

This book brings to light emerging evidence of a shift toward a fuller engagement with international human rights norms and their application to domestic policy dilemmas in the United States. The volume offers a rich history, spanning close to three centuries, of the marginalization of human rights discourse in the United States. Contributors analyze particular cases of U.S. human rights advocacy aimed at addressing persistent inequalities within the United States itself, including advocacy on the rights of persons with disabilities; indigenous peoples; lone mother-headed families; incarcerated persons; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people; and those displaced by natural disasters, most notably Hurricane Katrina. The book also explores key arenas in which legal scholars, policy practitioners, and grassroots activists are challenging multiple divides between public and private spheres (for example, in connection with children's rights and domestic violence) and between public and private sectors (specifically, in relation to healthcare and business and human rights).

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2011
First published:	April 2011
Editors:	Shareen Hertel (Associate Professor) • Kathryn Libal
Dimensions:	226 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	394
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-40087-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law > Citizenship & nationality law > General
LSN:	1-107-40087-2
Barcode:	9781107400870

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