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This book discusses the immediate and severe threat posed by global
climate change and the various obstacles that stand in the way of
action. Judith Blau presents scientific evidence relevant to The
Paris Agreement (COP-21): an international treaty that promises to
strengthen the global response to climate change. As she reckons
with the dangers of catastrophic planetary heating, Blau discusses
the clash between the deeply ingrained American tradition of
individualism and the collective action and acknowledgement of
intertwined fate needed to address climate change. She acknowledges
that America's capitalist bent stands in contrast to the idea of
the "commons"-a concept that we need to embrace if climate change
is to be mitigated. The volume also explains the foundations of
international human rights standards as they relate to climate
change. Drawing from guiding principles of human rights and
equality, the book concludes hopefully-suggesting that the people
of the world can meet the challenge posed by climate change by at
once acknowledging shared humanity and celebrating difference.
The author is a sociologist who has written extensively on human
rights and recently on climate change. In her new book she develops
the idea that protecting everyone's human rights and slowing
planetary warming are the same goals. It is now clear that the
leader of the richest, most powerful country in the world - United
States President Donald J. Trump - has set the trigger of
destruction by exempting the United States from the international
treaty that aims to give the entire planet some reprieve from
warming. That is, all countries of the world have entered into an
agreement to end reliance on fossil fuels, except the United
States, which withdrew at the outset of the Trump Administration.
Regardless of the US position in the future, the country's
emissions are so very extremely high they will continue to wreck
havoc on the entire world. While Blau maintains that President
Trump has committed a crime against Humanity, even beyond his
tenure the book sets the stage for a human rights approach to
climate change for the future.
The author is a sociologist who has written extensively on human
rights and recently on climate change. In her new book she develops
the idea that protecting everyone's human rights and slowing
planetary warming are the same goals. It is now clear that the
leader of the richest, most powerful country in the world - United
States President Donald J. Trump - has set the trigger of
destruction by exempting the United States from the international
treaty that aims to give the entire planet some reprieve from
warming. That is, all countries of the world have entered into an
agreement to end reliance on fossil fuels, except the United
States, which withdrew at the outset of the Trump Administration.
Regardless of the US position in the future, the country's
emissions are so very extremely high they will continue to wreck
havoc on the entire world. While Blau maintains that President
Trump has committed a crime against Humanity, even beyond his
tenure the book sets the stage for a human rights approach to
climate change for the future.
Together, the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights comprise the
constitutional foundation of the United States. These-the oldest
governing documents still in use in the world-urgently need an
update, just as the constitutions of other countries have been
updated and revised. Human Rights Of, By, and For the People brings
together lawyers and sociologists to show how globalization and
climate change offer an opportunity to revisit the founding
documents. Each proposes specific changes that would more closely
align US law with international law. The chapters also illustrate
how constitutions are embedded in society and shaped by culture.
The constitution itself sets up contentious relationships among the
three branches of government and between the federal government and
each state government, while the Bill of Rights and subsequent
amendments begrudgingly recognize the civil and political rights of
citizens. These rights are described by legal scholars as "negative
rights," specifically as freedoms from infringements rather than as
positive rights that affirm personhood and human dignity. The
contributors to this volume offer "positive rights" instead. The
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), written in the middle
of the last century, inspires these updates. Nearly every other
constitution in the world has adopted language from the UDHR. The
contributors use intersectionality, critical race theory, and
contemporary critiques of runaway economic inequality to ground
their interventions in sociological argument.
Human Rights: A Primer breaks new ground in clarifying for
undergraduates the international significance of human rights. This
new edition highlights current and recent developments, using
themes familiar to undergraduates. For example, Americans are
increasingly aware of the growing disparities in economic
well-being. It is indeed a crisis that is global and national.
Because this book focuses on globalization and human rights as
intertwined, readers will gain a comprehensive understanding of the
role of neoliberal capitalism in undermining human rights (dignity,
security, and well-being). Major works by Thomas Piketty and Joseph
Stiglitz are discussed, along with recent upheavals in Greece, and
the rising tide of refugees in Europe and North America.
Furthermore, powerful forces that will increasingly test global
solidarity and the future of the planet relate to the extent that
countries and peoples cooperate in combating global warming and
promoting sustainable development goals (SDGs). Key dates for both
these issues occurred in the second half of 2015 - the UN
Sustainable Development Summit in September and the Paris Climate
Conference (COP21) in December. The significance of both
conferences for human rights is discussed in this new edition.
Human Rights: A Primer breaks new ground in clarifying for
undergraduates the international significance of human rights. This
new edition highlights current and recent developments, using
themes familiar to undergraduates. For example, Americans are
increasingly aware of the growing disparities in economic
well-being. It is indeed a crisis that is global and national.
Because this book focuses on globalization and human rights as
intertwined, readers will gain a comprehensive understanding of the
role of neoliberal capitalism in undermining human rights (dignity,
security, and well-being). Major works by Thomas Piketty and Joseph
Stiglitz are discussed, along with recent upheavals in Greece, and
the rising tide of refugees in Europe and North America.
Furthermore, powerful forces that will increasingly test global
solidarity and the future of the planet relate to the extent that
countries and peoples cooperate in combating global warming and
promoting sustainable development goals (SDGs). Key dates for both
these issues occurred in the second half of 2015 - the UN
Sustainable Development Summit in September and the Paris Climate
Conference (COP21) in December. The significance of both
conferences for human rights is discussed in this new edition.
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At an earlier time, sociologists C. Wright Mills, W. E. Du Bois,
and Jane Addams loudly protested injustices and inequities in
American society, provided critiques and analyses of systems of
oppression, and challenged sociologists to be responsible critics
and constructive commentators. These giants of American sociology
would have applauded the 2004 meetings of the American Sociological
Association. The theme of the meetings, Public Sociology, presided
over by President Michael Burawoy, sparked lively debate and
continues to be a spur for research and theory, and a focal point
of ongoing discussions about what sociology is and should be. This
volume advances these discussions and debates, and proposes how
they can be further sharpened and developed. Some authors in this
volume clarify the distinctive roles that Public Sociologists can
play in the discipline, in the classroom, and in larger society.
Others provide critical analyses, focusing, for example, on aspects
of American society and institutions, global corporate actors,
sweatshop practices, international neoliberal organizations,
migration policies, and U.S. environmental policies. Others advance
new ways of thinking about global interdependencies that include
indigenous groups, peasants, as well as societies in industrialized
and developing states, and international organizations. Still
others propose visions of transformative processes and practices
that are progressively affirmative, even activist -- in the spirit
of 'A Better World is Possible!!' This volume provides an overview
of some of the major debates in sociology today and places emphasis
on the importance of human rights in the 'One (globalized) World'
we live in today. Authors engage these debates with spirited
enthusiasm and write exceptionally clearly about those topics that
may be new to American readers.
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 upholding these rights. Americans find it somewhat
difficult to accept the basic premise of human rights because
liberalism, as a social, political, and economic ethos powerfully
undercuts the premise of human rights. American liberalism
highlights the efficacy of individual achievement and individual
autonomy, thereby promoting the idea that people have no rights to
security. . Human rights, in contrast to the liberal ethos, asserts
that all humans have inalienable rights, including rights to a job,
housing, social security, education, and a cultural, racial or
ethnic identity. Under the conditions of a turbulent global
economy, human rights need to be granted the highest standing. The
authors consider global capitalism, as well as the role of the
global media, and the problematic relationship between the state
and society in America. In the final chapter, we review the many
currents of transformative movements that are promoting a more
equitable, fairer, and more egalitarian world.
Much has been written about growing global disparities in wealth
and resources, how global capitalism has adversely affected human
populations and the environment, and the dangers that a unipolar
world order poses to peace and global pluralism. After summarizing
the evidence for these arguments, the authors develop two main
themes: first, that there is a growing transformative peoples'
movement that challenges global capitalism and the imperial
superpower; and, second, there is an extraordinary worldwide shift
underway in human consciousness that accompanies practical global
interdependencies and connectedness. The authors provide evidence
for an emerging foundation of what philosopher Peter Singer
describes as a 'one-world ethic, ' and they show how this ethic is
closely connected with what is called the 'human rights
revolution.' They compare the western, liberal conception of
freedom with conceptions of freedom found in the writings of
Jean-Paul Sartre and Amartya Sen, and draw from Hannah Arendt's The
Human Condition to clarify that freedom has both collective and
individual dimensions. They build on these foundations to address
the following topics: positive human rights, collective goods,
cosmopolitanism, social and cultural pluralism, and they pose
alternatives to capitalism and liberal democracy. The authors work
in the tradition of critical social science, but go beyond that to
encourage readers to engage in emancipatory projects and utopian
thinking. The worlds' peoples face too many terrifying prospects
not to engage such projects and thinking.
Much has been written about growing global disparities in wealth
and resources, how global capitalism has adversely affected human
populations and the environment, and the dangers that a unipolar
world order poses to peace and global pluralism. After summarizing
the evidence for these arguments, the authors develop two main
themes: first, that there is a growing transformative peoples'
movement that challenges global capitalism and the imperial
superpower; and, second, there is an extraordinary worldwide shift
underway in human consciousness that accompanies practical global
interdependencies and connectedness. The authors provide evidence
for an emerging foundation of what philosopher Peter Singer
describes as a "one-world ethic," and they show how this ethic is
closely connected with what is called the "human rights
revolution." They compare the western, liberal conception of
freedom with conceptions of freedom found in the writings of
Jean-Paul Sartre and Amartya Sen, and draw from Hannah Arendt's The
Human Condition to clarify that freedom has both collective and
individual dimensions. They build on these foundations to address
the following topics: positive human rights, collective goods,
cosmopolitanism, social and cultural pluralism, and they pose
alternatives to capitalism and liberal democracy. The authors work
in the tradition of critical social science, but go beyond that to
encourage readers to engage in emancipatory projects and utopian
thinking. The worlds' peoples face too many terrifying prospects
not to engage such projects and thinking.
At an earlier time, sociologists C. Wright Mills, W. E. Du Bois,
and Jane Addams loudly protested injustices and inequities in
American society, provided critiques and analyses of systems of
oppression, and challenged sociologists to be responsible critics
and constructive commentators. These giants of American sociology
would have applauded the 2004 meetings of the American Sociological
Association. The theme of the meetings, Public Sociology, presided
over by President Michael Burawoy, sparked lively debate and
continues to be a spur for research and theory, and a focal point
of ongoing discussions about what sociology is and should be. This
volume advances these discussions and debates, and proposes how
they can be further sharpened and developed. Some authors in this
volume clarify the distinctive roles that Public Sociologists can
play in the discipline, in the classroom, and in larger society.
Others provide critical analyses, focusing, for example, on aspects
of American society and institutions, global corporate actors,
sweatshop practices, international neoliberal organizations,
migration policies, and U.S. environmental policies. Others advance
new ways of thinking about global interdependencies that include
indigenous groups, peasants, as well as societies in industrialized
and developing states, and international organizations. Still
others propose visions of transformative processes and practices
that are progressively affirmative, even activist -- in the spirit
of "A Better World is Possible!!" This volume provides an overview
of some of the major debates in sociology today and places emphasis
on the importance of human rights in the "One (globalized) World"
we live in today. Authors engage these debates with spirited
enthusiasm and write exceptionally clearly about those topics that
may be new to American readers.
Justice in the U.S. is a sequel to Human Rights: Beyond the Liberal
Vision, and the second in a trilogy on human rights. The Bill of
Rights of the U.S. Constitution explicitly clarifies the personal
political and civil rights of persons, and by court interpretation,
the rights of corporations. Yet in the twentieth century, following
World War II, most world leaders reached the conclusion that
political and civil rights were not sufficient and they had to be
supplemented with additional rights that would protect their
citizens and create more robust societies. By the end of the
century, most countries had amended their constitutions to include
many other rights, notably those pertaining to social security,
health care, housing, decent jobs, women, minorities, cultural and
language rights, and environmental protections. This amounted to
nothing less than a worldwide constitutional revolution, but it has
gone largely unnoticed in the United States. In this volume, the
authors compare the constitutional provisions of different
nation-states and summarize some of the relevant United Nations'
human rights declarations and treaties. To encourage US citizens to
think critically about their Constitution in light of the
constitutions of other states, the authors present a draft revision
of the U.S. Constitution. Of course, revision of the Constitution
must be a comprehensively a democratic process, and the authors
wish to show how this process might begin.
Together, the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights comprise the
constitutional foundation of the United States. These-the oldest
governing documents still in use in the world-urgently need an
update, just as the constitutions of other countries have been
updated and revised. Human Rights Of, By, and For the People brings
together lawyers and sociologists to show how globalization and
climate change offer an opportunity to revisit the founding
documents. Each proposes specific changes that would more closely
align US law with international law. The chapters also illustrate
how constitutions are embedded in society and shaped by culture.
The constitution itself sets up contentious relationships among the
three branches of government and between the federal government and
each state government, while the Bill of Rights and subsequent
amendments begrudgingly recognize the civil and political rights of
citizens. These rights are described by legal scholars as "negative
rights," specifically as freedoms from infringements rather than as
positive rights that affirm personhood and human dignity. The
contributors to this volume offer "positive rights" instead. The
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), written in the middle
of the last century, inspires these updates. Nearly every other
constitution in the world has adopted language from the UDHR. The
contributors use intersectionality, critical race theory, and
contemporary critiques of runaway economic inequality to ground
their interventions in sociological argument.
A unique volume designed to provoke an ongoing dialogue about
fundamental human rights in our society Edited by renowned
scholars, Judith Blau and Mark Frezzo, this groundbreaking
anthology examines the implications that human rights have for the
social sciences. The book provides readers with a wide-ranging
collection of articles, each written by experts in their fields who
argue for an expansion of fundamental human rights in the United
States. To provide an international context, the volume covers the
human rights treaties that have been incorporated into the
constitutions of many countries throughout the world, including
wealthy nations such as Spain and Sweden and impoverished countries
such as Bolivia and Croatia.
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