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Authors: Evelyn Kallen
ISBN-13: 9780333924280, ISBN-10: 0333924282
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Date Published: March 2004
Edition: New Edition

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Author Biography: Evelyn Kallen

Evelyn Kallen is Emeritus Professor and Senior Scholar on the Faculty of Arts, York University.

Book Synopsis

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.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
List of Key Human Rights Cases
List of Case Studies
Preface
Introduction: A Human Rights Approach1
1The Human Rights Perspective International Human Rights13
2The Social Construction of Inequality31
3Prejudice and Discrimination: Building Blocks of Social Inequality56
4The Experience of Degradation, Abuse and the Harmful Impact of Hate74
5Equality/Equity-Seeking Protest Movements 1: Women's Rights96
6Equality/Equity-Seeking Protest Movement 2: Gay and Lesbian Rights120
7The Roots of the Aboriginal Movement: Colonialism and Cultural Genocide141
8Aboriginal Rights and New Nationhood Movements154
9Conclusion: Strengths and Weaknesses of the Current Human Rights System176
App. AUniversal Declaration of Human Rights186
App. BDraft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples192
References202
Index214

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