Record Nr.

UNINA9910452406503321

Titolo

Economic rights in Canada and the United States [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann and Claude E. Welch, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Philadelphia, PA, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2006

ISBN

1-283-89680-X

0-8122-0478-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Pennsylvania studies in human rights

Altri autori (Persone)

Howard-HassmannRhoda E. <1948->

WelchClaude Emerson

Disciplina

330

Soggetti

Human rights - Canada

Human rights - United States

Capitalism

Equality

Electronic books.

Canada Economic policy

United States Economic policy

Canada Social policy

United States Social policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-260) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. Looking at Ourselves / Howard-Hassmann, Rhoda E. / Welch, E. -- Part I. Philosophy, Law, and Politics of Economic Rights -- Chapter 1. Justifying Socioeconomic Rights / Orend, Brian -- Chapter 2. International Law of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights / Weissbrodt, David -- Chapter 3. On the Margins of the Human Rights Discourse / Forsythe, David P. / Heinze, Eric A. -- Part II. Poverty -- Chapter 4. Homelessness in Canada and the United States / Carroll, Barbara Wake -- Chapter 5. Welfare Racism and Human Rights / Neubeck, Kenneth J. -- Chapter 6. The Movement to End Poverty in the United States / Bricker-Jenkins, Mary / Baptist, Willie -- Part III. Contentious and Emerging Issues -- Chapter 7. So Close and Yet So Different / Leary, Virginia A. -- Chapter 8.

International Labor Rights and North American Labor Law / Atleson, James B. -- Chapter 9. Deconstructing Barriers / Armstrong, Sarah / Noble, Mindy / Rosenbaum, Pauline -- Chapter 10. The Economic Rights of Migrant and Immigrant Workers in Canada and the United States / Satzewich, Vic -- Part IV. A European Comparison -- Chapter 11. The Netherlands / Baehr, Peter R. -- Appendix 1. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights -- Appendix 2. Excerpts from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's State of the Union Address, January 6, 1941 -- Appendix 3. Excerpts from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's State of the Union Address, January 11, 1944 -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments

Sommario/riassunto

Readers in Western developed countries are most familiar with abuses of political and civil rights, but the international human rights regime also embraces a set of laws regarding economic rights. These rights include the right to work and to just and favorable working conditions; the right to join and form trade unions; the right to social security; specific rights for the family; the right to an adequate standard of living, including food, clothing, housing, and "the continuous improvement of living conditions"; and the right to "the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health."In original essays by scholars senior and junior, this volume explains how these rights are realized-or violated-in Canada and the United States. Contributors analyze the philosophy, law, and politics of economic rights and discuss specific issues such as poverty, health care, and the rights of people with disabilities. Central to the problems of both countries are the human rights abuses evident in all contemporary capitalist societies. When the inequalities among citizens are not cushioned by a national commitment to economic rights, or when governments fail to maintain social safety nets for all citizens, economic rights are at risk.Contributors consider the problem from the perspective of their own countries: Canada, the United States, and, for contrast, the Netherlands. They do so in order to explore whether their own countries fall short of meeting international standards of economic rights. They also address the criticism often made by non-Western scholars of human rights-that their Western colleagues preach human rights abroad without regard to the human rights flaws at home.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910699400403321

Autore

Griffin Naomi

Titolo

Assessing the relationship between economic stability and dynamic employment and responses to aggregate shocks [[electronic resource] /] / Naomi N. Griffin

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Washington, D.C. : , : Congressional Budget Office, , [2007]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (45 pages)

Collana

Working paper series ; ; 2007-04

Soggetti

Labor supply - Economic aspects

Employment (Economic theory)