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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452406503321
• 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.

Inquisition et pouvoir / / Gabriel Audisio

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910214929503321
• Autore: Audisio Gabriel
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Aix-en-Provence, : Presses universitaires de Provence, 2017
• ISBN: 2-8218-8278-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (376 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BennassarBartolomé; BerettaFrancesco; BillerPeter; BonoraElena; BurkardtAlbrecht; CaffieroMarina; CousinBernard; CrivelloMaryline; FaggionLucien; FantiniMaria Pia; Fernández TerricabrasIgnasi; FeuchterJörg; FragnitoGigliola; GivenJames B; Janin-ThivosMichèle; La RoncièreCharles de; ModestinGeorg; MottLuiz; PaivaJosé Pedro; Pulido SerranoJuan Ignacio; TallonAlain; TilletÉdouard; Utz TrempKathrin; AudisioGabriel
• Disciplina: 272/.2
• Soggetti: Inquisition; Church and state - History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Francese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Sommario/riassunto: En octobre 2002 se tenait à Aix-en-Provence un colloque international sur « Religion et pouvoir », dont le présent volume publie les actes. Il s'agit de concentrer le regard sur une composante de cette grande institution judiciaire ecclésiastique que fut l'Inquisition et, qui jusqu'ici, a été peu observée : son rapport au pouvoir. Celui-ci peut s'exprimer dans trois directions : le pouvoir au sein de l'Inquisition ; les rapports de celle-ci avec les divers pouvoirs (politique, économique, ecclésiastique, social) ; le pouvoir de l'Inquisition sur l'imaginaire. L'Inquisition est envisagée ici sous ses trois formes (médiévale, ibérique, romaine), du Moyen Âge à nos jours et dans l'aire méditerranéenne, à savoir les « quatre sœurs » latines (France, Espagne, Italie, Portugal) ainsi que leurs dépendances. Cette réflexion nouvelle de la recherche internationale s'insère dans ce champ de l'histoire toujours en renouvellement. Elle s'adresse aussi bien aux spécialistes qu'aux lecteurs intéressés et curieux.