Social Justice: Human Rights

"... address[es] the notions of cultural diversity, cultural heritage and human rights in one volume." [Amazon.com]

"Climate change and other environmental problems are increasingly leading to the displacement of populations from their homelands... there is currently no protection in international law for people made refugees by such means." [Amazon.com]

Civil rights movements--Texas--History--20th century.

"... an ambitious effort to bridge longstanding differences between the business and human rights communities by incorporating human rights and environmental obligations in trade agreements..." [Warren H. Maruyama]

"... the ideological ascendancy of human rights as a "powerful transnational ideal and movement" transcending the authority of the state, has a very recent history, arising only in the 1970s, argues Moyn..." [Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR]

"...much of the literature on human rights[distorted] our understanding." [Syndetics]

"This book [focuses] on gender-based violence, security, and human rights from the perspective of women who live with both violence and poverty." [Amazon.com]

"...a unique perspective that views human rights as the bedrock of social justice. It provides a clear blueprint for how human rights and social justice concerns can serve as a conceptual framework for policy and practice interventions among the helping and health professions." [book jacket]

"...shows how an implicit understanding of human rights principles can provide a foundation for practice that is central to social work, community development and the broader human services."

This collection of basic texts on health and human rights is designed to provide the practitioner, scholar, and advocate with easy access to key instruments of international law and policy that express the values of human rights for advancing health. [book jacket]

"...maps the changing legitimacy of humanitarian intervention by comparing the international response to cases of humanitarian intervention in the cold war and post-cold war periods."

"...an insightful, powerful corrective to the contemporary debate over worker rights." [George DeMartino, Univ of Denver]

"A collection of 77 extraordinary literary works documenting the ways women writers have spoken out about human rights." [Book cover] Rutgers U Press, 1998.

"In this study, Hartas ... critiques the issues that affect children's quality of life such as market-driven values, poverty and civic disengagement." [book cover]