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Human Welfare, Rights, and Social Activism : Rethinking the Legacy of J.S. Woodsworth.

Taken as a whole, these essays pursue a careful consideration of the historical and contemporary exclusions to polity that occur around gender, ethnicity, class, and race.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pulkingham, Jane
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1 A Common Interest? Reflections on the Social Legacy of J.S. Woodsworth and the Contemporary Politics of Social Change in Canada; 2 The Historical Woodsworth and Contemporary Politics; 3 Labour Rights in an Interregnum: The Ambiguous Legacy of J.S. Woodsworth; 4 The Changing Struggle for Rights: A Critical Look at the Origins and Fate of Human Rights; 5 Social Rights Are Human Rights: Furthering the Democratic Project; 6 Human Rights and Poverty: A Twenty-First Century Tribute to J.S. Woodsworth and Call for Human Rights.
  • 7 Human Needs above Property Rights? Rethinking the Woodsworth Legacy in an Era of Economic Globalization8 Zones of Abandonment: The Cultural Politics of Public Health in Vancouver's Inner City; 9 'Re-construction' from the Viewpoint of Precarious Labour: The Practice of Solidarity; 10 J.S. Woodsworth and the Discourse of White Civility; 11 Embodied Memory: Universal Citizenship and Indigenous Cree Identity; 12 Canadians of Tomorrow: J.S. Woodsworth and the New Ethnicities; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.