Joseph Wronka, Ph.D. is Professor in the School of Social Work at Springfield College, Massachusetts and Principal Investigator of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights project at the Heller School for Social Policy, Brandeis University.

This study makes a major contribution to our understanding of the relationship between the rights recognized in international instruments such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on the one hand, and the U.S. and state Constitutions on the other. It also underlines the all-too-often neglected fact that social justice concerns are never very much part of 'human rights' as properly understood.

• Chapter 1 Part I: The Historical-Philosophical Context: A History of the Idea of Human RightsChapter 2 Part II: A Human Rights Analysis: Implications for Social PolicyChapter 3 Part III: Essays Toward the Creation of a Human Rights Culture

Joseph Wronka, Ph.D. is Professor in the School of Social Work at Springfield College, Massachusetts and Principal Investigator of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights project at the Heller School for Social Policy, Brandeis University.

This study makes a major contribution to our understanding of the relationship between the rights recognized in international instruments such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on the one hand, and the U.S. and state Constitutions on the other. It also underlines the all-too-often neglected fact that social justice concerns are never very much part of 'human rights' as properly understood.

• Chapter 1 Part I: The Historical-Philosophical Context: A History of the Idea of Human RightsChapter 2 Part II: A Human Rights Analysis: Implications for Social PolicyChapter 3 Part III: Essays Toward the Creation of a Human Rights Culture

Joseph Wronka, Ph.D. is Professor in the School of Social Work at Springfield College, Massachusetts and Principal Investigator of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights project at the Heller School for Social Policy, Brandeis University.

This study makes a major contribution to our understanding of the relationship between the rights recognized in international instruments such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on the one hand, and the U.S. and state Constitutions on the other. It also underlines the all-too-often neglected fact that social justice concerns are never very much part of 'human rights' as properly understood.

• Chapter 1 Part I: The Historical-Philosophical Context: A History of the Idea of Human RightsChapter 2 Part II: A Human Rights Analysis: Implications for Social PolicyChapter 3 Part III: Essays Toward the Creation of a Human Rights Culture