Justice in the United States - Human Rights and the Constitution

Informationen zum Autor By Judith Blau and Alberto Moncada Klappentext All populations, including people living in the United States experience new vulnerabilities with globalization. Peoples' jobs are threatened; there are pressures to migrate; and environmental degradation is epidemic. Immense wealth is concentrated in the hands of a tiny elite. Other countries have revised their constitutions to protect their citizens from these turbulent forces. The US is a major exception, and this book proposes how Americans might think about constitutional revisions. Zusammenfassung All populations! including people living in the United States experience new vulnerabilities with globalization. Other countries have revised their constitutions to protect their citizens from these turbulent forces. The US is a major exception! and this book proposes how Americans might think about constitutional revisions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 The Idea of Rights Chapter 2 The Social Foundations of Human Rights Chapter 3 Constitutions: Overview and Comparisons Chapter 4 Capitalism and Rights: An Antagonistic Relationship Chapter 5 Growing Inequalities Chapter 6 The Global Struggle for Economic Security Chapter 7 In Search of Society Chapter 8 Cornucopia of Rights Chapter 9 A Socratic Dialogue Chapter 10 Draft Revision of the U.S. Constitution

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• Authors: Judith Blau, Judith Moncada Blau, Judith R. Blau, Judith R. Moncada Blau, Blau Judith, Alberto Moncada
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.03.2006
• EAN: 9780742545595
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-4559-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, LAW / Constitutional, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, United States of America, USA, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general