A History Of Human Rights In Canada
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A History Of Human Rights In Canada
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Author : Janet Miron
language : en
Publisher: Canadian Scholars’ Press
Release Date : 2009
A History Of Human Rights In Canada written by Janet Miron and has been published by Canadian Scholars’ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Civil rights categories.
Human rights, equality, and social justice are at the forefront of public concern and political debate in Canada. Global events--especially the "war on terrorism"―have fostered further interest in the abuse of human rights, especially when sanctioned or perpetuated by democratic governments. This groundbreaking contributed volume seeks to shed light on this topic by uniting original essays that examine the history of human rights in Canada. Contributors explore a variety of themes integral to the post-confederation period, including immigration and ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, disability, state formation, and provincial-federal relations. Three key issues emerge throughout: incidents of discrimination in both government and society, the efforts of human rights and civil liberties activists to create a more open and tolerant society, and the implementation of state legislation designed to protect or enhance civil rights.
Human Rights In Canada
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Author : Dominique Clément
language : en
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Release Date : 2016-03-31
Human Rights In Canada written by Dominique Clément and has been published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-31 with History categories.
This book shows how human rights became the primary language for social change in Canada and how a single decade became the locus for that emergence. The author argues that the 1970s was a critical moment in human rights history—one that transformed political culture, social movements, law, and foreign policy. Human Rights in Canada is one of the first sociological studies of human rights in Canada. It explains that human rights are a distinct social practice, and it documents those social conditions that made human rights significant at a particular historical moment. A central theme in this book is that human rights derive from society rather than abstract legal principles. Therefore, we can identify the boundaries and limits of Canada’s rights culture at different moments in our history. Until the 1970s, Canadians framed their grievances with reference to Christianity or British justice rather than human rights. A historical sociological approach to human rights reveals how rights are historically contingent, and how new rights claims are built upon past claims. This book explores governments’ tendency to suppress rights in periods of perceived emergency; how Canada’s rights culture was shaped by state formation; how social movements have advanced new rights claims; the changing discourse of rights in debates surrounding the constitution; how the international human rights movement shaped domestic politics and foreign policy; and much more. In addition to drawing on secondary literature in law, history, sociology, and political science, this study looked to published government documents, litigation and case law, archival research, newspapers, opinion polls, and materials produced by non-governmental organizations.
Human Rights In Canada
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Author : Dominique Clément
language : en
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Release Date : 2016-03-31
Human Rights In Canada written by Dominique Clément and has been published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-31 with History categories.
This book shows how human rights became the primary language for social change in Canada and how a single decade became the locus for that emergence. The author argues that the 1970s was a critical moment in human rights history—one that transformed political culture, social movements, law, and foreign policy. Human Rights in Canada is one of the first sociological studies of human rights in Canada. It explains that human rights are a distinct social practice, and it documents those social conditions that made human rights significant at a particular historical moment. A central theme in this book is that human rights derive from society rather than abstract legal principles. Therefore, we can identify the boundaries and limits of Canada’s rights culture at different moments in our history. Until the 1970s, Canadians framed their grievances with reference to Christianity or British justice rather than human rights. A historical sociological approach to human rights reveals how rights are historically contingent, and how new rights claims are built upon past claims. This book explores governments’ tendency to suppress rights in periods of perceived emergency; how Canada’s rights culture was shaped by state formation; how social movements have advanced new rights claims; the changing discourse of rights in debates surrounding the constitution; how the international human rights movement shaped domestic politics and foreign policy; and much more. In addition to drawing on secondary literature in law, history, sociology, and political science, this study looked to published government documents, litigation and case law, archival research, newspapers, opinion polls, and materials produced by non-governmental organizations.
Taking Liberties
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Author : David Goutor
language : en
Publisher: OUP Canada
Release Date : 2013-11
Taking Liberties written by David Goutor and has been published by OUP Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11 with History categories.
In Canada human rights are considered to be fundamental and inalienable, and on the international stage our rights regime is seen to be forward-looking. The historical reality, however, is that Canada was surprisingly slow to adopt and adapt to the "rights revolution" that followed the Second World War. Canadians are by and large unaware of the uneven emergence of a rights consciousness, nor is there a general understanding of how the Canadian experience fits into the international story of the age of rights. This collection explores the changing attitudes toward human rights in Canada in the last hundred years. Contributors detail the novelty of, the struggle for, and the limitations of universal human rights in Canada and their uneven application across Canadian society. The history of this long process of transformation includes the struggle faced by many groups for recognition of their rights and the important work of rights activists.
Canada S Rights Revolution
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Author : Dominique Clément
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2009-01-01
Canada S Rights Revolution written by Dominique Clément and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with History categories.
In the first major study of postwar social movement organizations in Canada, Dominique Clément provides a history of the human rights movement as seen through the eyes of two generations of activists. Drawing on newly acquired archival sources, extensive interviews, and materials released through access to information applications, Clément explores the history of four organizations that emerged in the sixties and evolved into powerful lobbies for human rights despite bitter internal disputes and intense rivalries. This book offers a unique perspective on infamous human rights controversies and argues that the idea of human rights has historically been highly statist while grassroots activism has been at the heart of the most profound human rights advances.
Debating Rights Inflation In Canada
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Author : Dominique Clément
language : en
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Release Date : 2018-10-18
Debating Rights Inflation In Canada written by Dominique Clément and has been published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-18 with Political Science categories.
Human rights has become the dominant vernacular for framing social problems around the world. In this book, Dominique Clément presents a paradox in politics, law, and social practice: he argues that whereas framing grievances as human rights violations has become an effective strategy, the increasing appropriation of rights-talk to frame any and all grievances undermines attempts to address systemic social problems. His argument is followed by commentator response from several leading human rights scholars and practitioners in Canada and abroad who bridge the divide between academia, public policy, and practice.
The Routledge History Of Human Rights
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Author : Jean Quataert
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-09-05
The Routledge History Of Human Rights written by Jean Quataert and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-05 with History categories.
The Routledge History of Human Rights is an interdisciplinary collection that provides historical and global perspectives on a range of human rights themes of the past 150 years. The volume is made up of 34 original contributions. It opens with the emergence of a "new internationalism" in the mid-nineteenth century, examines the interwar, League of Nations, and the United Nations eras of human rights and decolonization, and ends with the serious challenges for rights norms, laws, institutions, and multilateral cooperation in the national security world after 9/11. These essays provide a big picture of the strategic, political, and changing nature of human rights work in the past and into the present day, and reveal the contingent nature of historical developments. Highlighting local, national, and non-Western voices and struggles, the volume contributes to overcoming Eurocentric biases that burden human rights histories and studies of international law. It analyzes regions and organizations that are often overlooked. The volume thus offers readers a new and broader perspective on the subject. International in coverage and containing cutting-edge interpretations, the volume provides an overview of major themes and suggestions for future research. This is the perfect book for those interested in social justice, grass roots activism, and international politics and society.
Revisiting The Origins Of Human Rights
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Author : Pamela Slotte
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-09-11
Revisiting The Origins Of Human Rights written by Pamela Slotte and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-11 with Law categories.
Scholars of history, law, theology and anthropology critically revisit the history of human rights.
Ethnicity And Human Rights In Canada
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Author : Evelyn Kallen
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1995
Ethnicity And Human Rights In Canada written by Evelyn Kallen and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Law categories.
Examines minority rights issues central to the concerns of Canada's three major ethnic constituencies: self-determination of aboriginal peoples; anti-racism strategies and multiculturalism; and the national sovereignty of the Quebecois. Analyses and evaluates the comparative strength of legal protection for the human rights of ethnic groups. Includes texts of the following documents: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; the Declaration of the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities; the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Constitution Act, 1982, Part I); and the Rights of the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada (Constitution Act, 1982, Part II).
Human Rights
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Author : Gordon DiGiacomo
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2016-02-10
Human Rights written by Gordon DiGiacomo and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-10 with Human rights categories.
"Written largely by Canadian scholars for Canadian students, Human Rights: Current Issues and Controversies is an overview of contemporary human rights concerns that aims to introduce readers to the human rights instruments--provincial, national, and international--that protect Canadians. The volume begins with an overview of the history of human rights before moving on to discuss such important topics as the relationship between political institutions and rights protection, rights issues pertaining to specific communities, and cross-cutting rights issues that affect most or all citizens. Contemporary and comprehensive, Human Rights: Current Issues and Controversies is a valuable resource for undergraduate and graduate students studying human rights."--