Social inequality and social injustice : a human rights perspective /
Kallen, Evelyn,
Social inequality and social injustice : a human rights perspective / Evelyn Kallen. - xvi, 216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: A Human Rights Approach -- The Human Rights Perspective International Human Rights -- The Social Construction of Inequality -- Prejudice and Discrimination: Building Blocks of Social Inequality -- The Experience of Degradation, Abuse and the Harmful Impact of Hate -- Equality/Equity-Seeking Protest Movements 1: Women's Rights -- Equality/Equity-Seeking Protest Movement 2: Gay and Lesbian Rights -- The Roots of the Aboriginal Movement: Colonialism and Cultural Genocide -- Aboriginal Rights and New Nationhood Movements -- Conclusion: Strengths and Weaknesses of the Current Human Rights System -- Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. App. A. App. B.
"This book uses a human rights framework to analyze how group-level social inequalities and injustices are socially constructed and maintained through violations of human rights on grounds of race, gender, sexuality, etc., and how human rights legislation can help such violations to effectively be redressed. Although it focuses primarily on democratic nations, it uses international case material to highlight key global issues."--Publisher description.
0333924266 9780333924266 0333924282 9780333924280
2003058122
Equality
Marginality, Social
Social justice.
Human rights.
HM821 / .K35 2004
305
Social inequality and social injustice : a human rights perspective / Evelyn Kallen. - xvi, 216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: A Human Rights Approach -- The Human Rights Perspective International Human Rights -- The Social Construction of Inequality -- Prejudice and Discrimination: Building Blocks of Social Inequality -- The Experience of Degradation, Abuse and the Harmful Impact of Hate -- Equality/Equity-Seeking Protest Movements 1: Women's Rights -- Equality/Equity-Seeking Protest Movement 2: Gay and Lesbian Rights -- The Roots of the Aboriginal Movement: Colonialism and Cultural Genocide -- Aboriginal Rights and New Nationhood Movements -- Conclusion: Strengths and Weaknesses of the Current Human Rights System -- Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. App. A. App. B.
"This book uses a human rights framework to analyze how group-level social inequalities and injustices are socially constructed and maintained through violations of human rights on grounds of race, gender, sexuality, etc., and how human rights legislation can help such violations to effectively be redressed. Although it focuses primarily on democratic nations, it uses international case material to highlight key global issues."--Publisher description.
0333924266 9780333924266 0333924282 9780333924280
2003058122
Equality
Marginality, Social
Social justice.
Human rights.
HM821 / .K35 2004
305