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UNINA9910808325103321 |
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Human welfare, rights, and social activism : rethinking the legacy of J.S. Woodsworth / / edited by Jane Pulkingham |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [Engalnd] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2010 |
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©2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-4426-6035-X |
1-4426-6034-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (312 p.) |
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Human rights - Canada |
Canada |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Selection of papers presented at the conference Human rights and social activism : rethinking the legacy of J.S. Woodsworth, held at Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre, 22-24 sept. 2005. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. A Common Interest? Reflections on the Social Legacy of J.S. Woodsworth and the Contemporary Politics of Social Change in Canada / Jane Pulkingham -- 2. The Historical Woodsworth and Contemporary Politics / Allen Mills -- 3. Labour Rights in an Interregnum: The Ambiguous Legacy of J.S. Woodsworth / Eeric Tucker -- 4. The Changing Struggle for Rights: A Critical Look at the Origins and Fate of Human Rights / Gary Teeple -- 5. Social Rights Are Human Rights: Furthering the Democratic Project / Hugh Shewell -- 6. Human Rights and Poverty: A Twenty-First Century Tribute to J.S. Woodsworth and Call for Human Rights / Gwen Brodsky -- 7. Human Needs above Property Rights? Rethinking the Woodsworth Legacy in an Era of Economic Globalization / David Schneiderman -- 8. Zones of Abandonment: The Cultural Politics of Public Health in Vancouver's Inner City / Denielle Elliott -- 9. 'Re-construction' from the Viewpoint of Precarious Labour: The Practice of Solidarity / Geraldina Polanco and Cecily Nicholson -- 10. J.S. Woodsworth and the Discourse of White Civility / Daniel Coleman -- 11. Embodied Memory: Universal Citizenship and Indigenous Cree Identity / Neal McLeod -- 12. |
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Canadians of Tomorrow: J.S. Woodsworth and the New Ethnicities / David Chariandy. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Canadians continue to grapple with the question of how to accommodate and reconcile social diversity and difference while articulating a common interest and advancing human rights, both domestically and internationally. The essays in this volume, by an interdisciplinary group of scholars, address such issues as globalization, labour rights and law, the gendered and racialized dimensions of transnational labour, the relationship between human rights, social programs, and social rights, and the emergent cultural politics of difference. Through engagement with longstanding debates on the ideals and provisions for social justice we have come to associate with Woodsworth, the essays consider the present significance of a human rights frame, and examine the historical and contemporary exclusions to polity that occur around gender, ethnicity, class, and race. --Book Jacket. |
J.S. Woodsworth, a founding member and leader of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (forerunner of the New Democratic Party) and member of Parliament, was a social policy pioneer who promoted human welfare and rights over interests of property and finance. Human Welfare, Rights, and Social Activism explores the significance of Woodsworth's thoughts and achievements in the area of human rights in the light of current social welfare objectives and practices. |
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