Poverty [[electronic resource] ] : rights, social citizenship, and legal activism / / edited by Margot Young ... [et al.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 389 p |
Disciplina | 344.7103/25 |
Altri autori (Persone) | YoungMargot |
Collana | Law and society series |
Soggetto topico |
Public welfare - Law and legislation - Canada
Welfare recipients - Legal status, laws, etc - Canada Basic needs - Law and legislation - Canada Social rights - Canada Human rights - Canada Citizenship - Canada Public welfare - Canada |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-59372-2
9786612593727 0-7748-5601-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456435603321 |
Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Poverty : rights, social citizenship, and legal activism / / edited by Margot Young [et al.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (401 pages) |
Disciplina | 344.7103/25 |
Altri autori (Persone) | YoungMargot |
Collana | Law and society series |
Soggetto topico |
Public welfare - Law and legislation - Canada
Welfare recipients - Legal status, laws, etc - Canada Basic needs - Law and legislation - Canada Social rights - Canada Human rights - Canada Citizenship - Canada Public welfare - Canada |
ISBN |
1-282-59372-2
9786612593727 0-7748-5601-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Reading Gosselin -- Reality Checks: Presuming Innocence and Proving Guilt in Charter Welfare Cases -- But It's for Your Own Good -- Social Rights and "Common Sense": Gosselin through a Media Lens -- Social Citizenship and the State -- Claiming Adjudicative Space: Social Rights, Equality, and Citizenship -- Aboriginal Women Unmasked: Using Equality Litigation to Advance Women's Rights -- Welfare Reform and the Re-Making of the Model Citizen -- The "Made in Québec" Act to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion: The Complex Relationship between Poverty and Human Rights -- Accounting for Rights and Money in the Canadian Social Union -- Social Citizenship and International Contexts -- Collective Economic Rights and International Trade Agreements: In the Vacuum of Post-National Capital Control -- Minding the Gap: Human Rights Commitments and Compliance -- Enforcing Social and Economic Rights at the Domestic Level: A Proposal -- Litigating Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa: How Far Will the Courts Go? -- Legal Theory after Gosselin -- Taking Competence Seriously -- Dignity, Equality, and Second Generation Rights -- The Charter as an Impediment to Welfare Rollbacks: A Meditation on "Justice as Fairness" as a "Bedrock Value" of the Canadian Democratic Project -- Legal Activism Revived -- Why Rights Now? Law and Desperation -- The Challenge of Litigating the Rights of Poor People: The Right to Legal Aid as a Test Case -- The Subversion of Human Rights by Governments in Canada -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780517103321 |
Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Poverty : rights, social citizenship, and legal activism / / edited by Margot Young ... [et al.] |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (401 pages) |
Disciplina | 344.7103/25 |
Altri autori (Persone) | YoungMargot |
Collana | Law and society series |
Soggetto topico |
Public welfare - Law and legislation - Canada
Welfare recipients - Legal status, laws, etc - Canada Basic needs - Law and legislation - Canada Social rights - Canada Human rights - Canada Citizenship - Canada Public welfare - Canada |
ISBN |
1-282-59372-2
9786612593727 0-7748-5601-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Reading Gosselin -- Reality Checks: Presuming Innocence and Proving Guilt in Charter Welfare Cases -- But It's for Your Own Good -- Social Rights and "Common Sense": Gosselin through a Media Lens -- Social Citizenship and the State -- Claiming Adjudicative Space: Social Rights, Equality, and Citizenship -- Aboriginal Women Unmasked: Using Equality Litigation to Advance Women's Rights -- Welfare Reform and the Re-Making of the Model Citizen -- The "Made in Québec" Act to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion: The Complex Relationship between Poverty and Human Rights -- Accounting for Rights and Money in the Canadian Social Union -- Social Citizenship and International Contexts -- Collective Economic Rights and International Trade Agreements: In the Vacuum of Post-National Capital Control -- Minding the Gap: Human Rights Commitments and Compliance -- Enforcing Social and Economic Rights at the Domestic Level: A Proposal -- Litigating Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa: How Far Will the Courts Go? -- Legal Theory after Gosselin -- Taking Competence Seriously -- Dignity, Equality, and Second Generation Rights -- The Charter as an Impediment to Welfare Rollbacks: A Meditation on "Justice as Fairness" as a "Bedrock Value" of the Canadian Democratic Project -- Legal Activism Revived -- Why Rights Now? Law and Desperation -- The Challenge of Litigating the Rights of Poor People: The Right to Legal Aid as a Test Case -- The Subversion of Human Rights by Governments in Canada -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816575803321 |
Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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