Rights Revolution - Rights and Community in Modern America

Informationen zum Autor Samuel Walker is the Kiewit Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska. He is the author of several books, among them In Defense of American Liberties: A History of the ACLU (Oxford, 1990). Klappentext The most dramatic change in American society in the last forty years has been the explosive growth of personal rights. This "Rights Revolution" is currently under attack by both mainstream conservatives and intellectual liberals as undermining traditional values of community. In replying to the critics, Samuel Walker details the history of the rise of rights in American society, from the birth of the civil rights movement to today, and provides a spirited defense of its success in actually enlarging and enriching our sense of community in the USA. Zusammenfassung In this work, Samuel Walker details the history of the rise of rights in American society, from the birth of the civil rights movement to today, and provides a spirited defence of its success in actually enlarging and enriching our sense of community in the USA.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Samuel Walker, Samuel (Kiewit Professor of Criminal Justi Walker, Samuel (Kiewit Professor of Criminal Justice Walker, Walker Samuel
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.12.1998
• EAN: 9780195090253
• ISBN: 978-0-19-509025-3
• Seiten: 240
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; USA, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, Anthropology, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Human rights, civil rights