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Human Welfare, Rights, and Social Activism : Rethinking the Legacy of J.S. Woodsworth /
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 su...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto [Ont.] :
University of Toronto Press,
2010.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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. Canadians of Tomorrow: J.S. Woodsworth and the New Ethnicities / David Chariandy.