Human Rights In Our Own Backyard

Author : William T. Armaline
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812205146
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Rights in Our Own Backyard written by William T. Armaline and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most Americans assume that the United States provides a gold standard for human rights—a 2007 survey found that 80 percent of U.S. adults believed that "the U.S. does a better job than most countries when it comes to protecting human rights." As well, discussions among scholars and public officials in the United States frame human rights issues as concerning people, policies, or practices "over there." By contrast, the contributors to this volume argue that many of the greatest immediate and structural threats to human rights, and some of the most significant efforts to realize human rights in practice, can be found in our own backyard. Human Rights in Our Own Backyard examines the state of human rights and responses to human rights issues, drawing on sociological literature and perspectives to interrogate assumptions of American exceptionalism. How do people in the U.S. address human rights issues? What strategies have they adopted, and how successful have these strategies been? Essays are organized around key conventions of human rights, focusing on the relationships between human rights and justice, the state and the individual, civil rights and human rights, and group rights versus individual rights. The contributors are united by a common conception of the human rights enterprise as a process involving not only state-defined and implemented rights but also human rights from below as promoted by activists.

Author : William M. LeoGrande
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807898805
Total Pages : 790 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Our Own Backyard written by William M. LeoGrande and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009-11-18 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this remarkable and engaging book, William LeoGrande offers the first comprehensive history of U.S. foreign policy toward Central America in the waning years of the Cold War. From the overthrow of the Somoza dynasty in Nicaragua and the outbreak of El Salvador's civil war in the late 1970s to the final regional peace settlements negotiated a decade later, he chronicles the dramatic struggles--in Washington and Central America--that shaped the region's destiny. For good or ill, LeoGrande argues, Central America's fate hinged on decisions that were subject to intense struggles among, and within, Congress, the CIA, the Pentagon, the State Department, and the White House--decisions over which Central Americans themselves had little influence. Like the domestic turmoil unleashed by Vietnam, he says, the struggle over Central America was so divisive that it damaged the fabric of democratic politics at home. It inflamed the tug-of-war between Congress and the executive branch over control of foreign policy and ultimately led to the Iran-contra affair, the nation's most serious political crisis since Watergate.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Our Own Backyard written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anne Kayes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781988538747
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Our Own Backyard written by Anne Kayes and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It's March 2020 and Liza, her husband and two teenage children are at home in Auckland in level-four lockdown due to Covid-19. Reflections with her family around the dining table inspire Liza to reflect on another challenging time in history nearly forty years before when the South African Springbok rugby team toured New Zealand. Casting her memory back to 1981, Liza recalls her life as a fifteen-year-old, including her first love, friendships, first-hand experiences of racism, and what it means and what it costs to find your voice and use it. In Our Own Backyard is a startling, confronting portrait of a society divided..."--Publisher's description.

Author : Jeff Gillman
Publisher : Timber Press
ISBN 13 : 1604690011
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How the Government Got in Your Backyard written by Jeff Gillman and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aims to offer an unbiased view of the science and politics behind hot-button environmental issues--from pesticides to global warming.

Author : Kathryn Sikkink
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801474194
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mixed Signals written by Kathryn Sikkink and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Kathryn Sikkink believes that the adoption of human rights policy represents a positive change in the relationship between the United States and Latin America. In Mixed Signals she traces a gradual but remarkable shift in U.S. foreign policy over the last generation. Sikkink recounts the reemergence of human rights as a substantive concern and warns that the current war against terrorism could repeat the mistakes of the past unless we insist that it be conducted with respect for human rights and the rule of law."--Back cover.

Author : Nazar Al Baharna
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781478703860
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Universal Human Rights Model written by Nazar Al Baharna and published by . This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the biggest issues in the world today is the violation of basic human rights. Across the globe, from Syria to Rwanda to Myanmar, millions of innocent people have been tortured, killed or persecuted for their beliefs or minority status. Ethnic cleansing and genocide have murdered millions more, and the widespread of denial of equal rights to women is still in the increase. Even in our own backyard, people are being subjected to torture and unlawful detention, and forced disappearance. No country in the world is unaffected by human rights abuse. But finally, we have a practical tool for solving the global human rights problem. It is this book, A Universal Human Rights Model. There are plenty of other books already in print that discuss human rights, but A Universal Human Rights Model is the only one to provide a basic human rights model that can be applied to achieve actual results on the ground in any context. The book: Defines human rights, details the elements of the human rights model, and explains how to use the model to implement a human rights action plan on a national scale. It also comprises a human rights index and indicators by which human rights actors can measure their progress in the transformation process. At 103,000 words, A Universal Human Rights Model is a comprehensive work that will appeal to duty bearers, state agents, government officials, human rights advocates, NGOs, researchers, and anyone interested in human rights.

Author : Beau Miles
Publisher : Brio Books Pty Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1922267317
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Backyard Adventurer written by Beau Miles and published by Brio Books Pty Ltd. This book was released on 2021-05-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After years of adventuring around the globe – running, kayaking, hitchhiking, exploring – Beau Miles came back to his block in country Victoria. Staying put for the first time in years, Beau developed a new kind of lifestyle as the Backyard Adventurer. Whether it was walking 90km to work with no provisions, building a canoe paddle out of scavenged scrap or running a disused railway line through properties, blackberry thickets and past inquiring police officers, Beau has been finding ways to satisfy his adventurous spirit close to home. This book is about conscious experimentation with adventure, making meaning and inspiration out of tins of beans, bits of rubbish and elbow grease. Beau’s Backyard exploits are funny, authentic, insightful and being copied all over the world by everyday people. YouTuber, new dad, and self-described oddball who needs to shower more, Beau is what happens when you cross Bear Grylls with Bush Tucker Man. With a PhD in Outdoor Education, a string of successful short films under his belt and a boundless passion for discovery, Beau is the real deal.

Author : William M. LeoGrande
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807848579
Total Pages : 794 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Our Own Backyard written by William M. LeoGrande and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2000-02-01 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A painstakingly researched, exhaustive, and lucid account traces the tug-of-war among the U.S. government's branches and agencies to produce a coherent, productive foreign policy toward Central America in the waning years of the Cold War. UP.

Author : Nicholas D. Kristof
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307387097
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Half the Sky written by Nicholas D. Kristof and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation—the oppression of women and girls in the developing world. From the bestselling authors of Tightrope, two of our most fiercely moral voices With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa and Asia to meet the extraordinary women struggling there, among them a Cambodian teenager sold into sex slavery and an Ethiopian woman who suffered devastating injuries in childbirth. Drawing on the breadth of their combined reporting experience, Kristof and WuDunn depict our world with anger, sadness, clarity, and, ultimately, hope. They show how a little help can transform the lives of women and girls abroad. That Cambodian girl eventually escaped from her brothel and, with assistance from an aid group, built a thriving retail business that supports her family. The Ethiopian woman had her injuries repaired and in time became a surgeon. A Zimbabwean mother of five, counseled to return to school, earned her doctorate and became an expert on AIDS. Through these stories, Kristof and WuDunn help us see that the key to economic progress lies in unleashing women’s potential. They make clear how so many people have helped to do just that, and how we can each do our part. Throughout much of the world, the greatest unexploited economic resource is the female half of the population. Countries such as China have prospered precisely because they emancipated women and brought them into the formal economy. Unleashing that process globally is not only the right thing to do; it’s also the best strategy for fighting poverty. Deeply felt, pragmatic, and inspirational, Half the Sky is essential reading for every global citizen.