Human Rights: A Primer by Judith Blau (English) Paperback Book

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Human Rights: A Primer breaks new ground in clarifying for undergraduates the international significance of human rights. This new edition highlights current and recent developments, using themes familiar to undergraduates. For example, Americans are increasingly aware of the growing disparities in economic well-being. It is indeed a crisis that is global and national. Because this book focuses on globalization and human rights as intertwined, readers will gain a comprehensive understanding of the role of neoliberal capitalism in undermining human rights (dignity, security, and well-being). Major works by Thomas Piketty and Joseph Stiglitz are discussed, along with recent upheavals in Greece, and the rising tide of refugees in Europe and North America. Furthermore, powerful forces that will increasingly test global solidarity and the future of the planet relate to the extent that countries and peoples cooperate in combating global warming and promoting sustainable development goals (SDGs). Key dates for both these issues occurred in the second half of 2015 – the UN Sustainable Development Summit in September and the Paris Climate Conference (COP21) in December. The significance of both conferences for human rights is discussed in this new edition.

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Judith Blau is Professor Emerita at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, retiring in 2014 after a teaching career that spanned 45 years. In 2012 she was awarded the Distinguished Career Award by the American Sociological Association. She is past president of the Southern Sociological Society, and former editor of Social Forces and of Societies without Borders. Her books include the 1st edition of the Primer; Sociology and Human Rights (2011); The World and U.S. Social Forums (2009); The Leading Rogue State (2008); Freedoms and Solidarities (2007); Public Sociology Reader (2006); Human Rights: Beyond the Liberal Vision (2005); Blackwell Companion to Sociology (2004); and Race in the Schools (2003). She continues to teach at the Open University of Wellfleet while living on Cape Cod and serves on the Barnstable Human Rights Commission. Louis Edgar Esparza is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Latin American Studies at California State University at Los Angeles. His work focuses on grassroots social movements, their organizations and their strategies. Louis has been a Visiting Scholar at both Sophia University and Chuo University in Tokyo, an affiliated researcher at the Luis Angel Arango Library in Bogota, and Lecturer at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies. His research has appeared in Sociological Forum, Contemporary Justice Review, Environment & Society, Qualitative Sociology, and Societies Without Borders. His essays have appeared in The Progressive & In These Times.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 – The Logic of Human RightsChapter 2 – The Human Rights FrameworkChapter 3 – In Defense of SocietyChapter 4 – Recognition: Culture and EthicsChapter 5 – Economic Myths, Realities, and PossibilitiesChapter 6 – The Equality ProjectChapter 7 – Humanitarian Crimes and Human Rights ViolationsChapter 8 – SolidaritiesChapter 9 – DemocracyChapter 10 – Sustainable Development, Global Climate Change & Human Rights

Review

"Blau and Moncada have written a great book unlike any other in the human rights field. It combines a devastating critique of neoliberalism with sociologically grounded scholarly advocacy of a people-centered future for human rights on a global scale. As such, it both persuades and inspires." —Richard Falk, University of California–Santa Barbara "Human Rights: A Primer provides a compelling and timely introduction to the subject of globalization's nefarious impact on human rights. Drawing on an encompassing and indivisible human rights framework, Blau and Moncada passionately appeal for solidarity at the local, national, and international levels." —Micheline Ishay, author of The History of Human Rights From Ancient Times to the Globalization Era (2004, 2008)

Review Quote

A respected senior scholar and a promising junior scholar have teamed up to give us a terrific introduction to human rights. They relate rights to the most pressing political issues of today, such as neoliberalism and inequality, as well as issuing a special challenge to Americans, whose governments have done so much to oppose rights around the world. James M. Jasper Author of The Art of Moral Protest A long awaited sociological look at human rights focusing on equality and integrity. This book is so timely, given our current economic and societal system based on neoliberalism, which places the market above humanity and where inequality reigns and people are loosing integrity every day. This has led to a crisis of humanity that can best be understood from a sociological point of view on human rights. Congratulations Judith Blau and Louis Esparza! Silvia Dominguez, Northeastern University

Details ISBN1138195030 Author Louis Edgar Esparza Short Title HUMAN RIGHTS REV/E 2/E Language English Edition 2nd ISBN-10 1138195030 ISBN-13 9781138195035 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 323 Pages 184 Imprint Routledge Subtitle A Primer Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Affiliation California State University, Los Angeles Year 2016 Illustrations black & white icons AU Release Date 2016-07-07 NZ Release Date 2016-07-07 Publication Date 2016-07-07 UK Release Date 2016-07-07 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Edition Description 2nd edition Alternative 9781138195028 Audience Undergraduate Replaces 9781594516146 We've got this

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