Human Rights in Our Own Backyard

William T. Armaline is a faculty member of the Department of Justice Studies at San Jose State University. Davita Silfen Glasberg is Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean of Social Sciences in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Connecticut. Bandana Purkayastha is Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut.

"This work is a valuable addition to the literature on the human rights studies in international relations and will therefore be of great interest to those who are involved in this area. Overall, the book can be considered a useful source for international relations students and researchers, and it may also be of interest to scholars, policy-makers and strategists in the United States." (Journal of Human Development and Capabilities) "The variety of authors-academics, community organizers, graduate students, human rights advocates-makes for interesting and at times quite compelling reading, and the immediacy of many of the topics (unemployment, food security, housing foreclosures) makes for timely, important contemporary reading." (Choice) "The editors and authors of Human Rights in Our Own Backyard propose to advance our deep understanding of human rights. Even better-they also advance the sort of understanding that will encourage their readers to take action-to lobby, organize, and redirect the path of our communities and the nation. . . . A stunning achievement." (from the Foreword, by Judith Blau) "An accessible and highly readable collection that pulls together a wide range of information and analyzes it through the lens of sociology. The book makes a significant contribution to emerging literature that applies human rights principles to U.S. policy and practice." (Martha F. Davis, Northeastern University)

• Foreword-Judith BlauIntroduction: Human Rights in the United StatesPART I. ECONOMIC RIGHTSChapter 1. Sweatshirts and Sweatshops: Labor Rights, Student Activism, and the Challenges of Collegiate Apparel Manufacturing-Julie Elkins and Shareen HertelChapter 2. Labor Rights After the Flexible Turn: The Rise of Contingent Employment and the Implications for Worker Rights in the United States-Andrew S. Fullerton and Dwanna L. RobertsonChapter 3. Preying on the American Dream: Predatory Lending, Institutionalized Racism, and Resistance to Economic Injustice-Davita Silfen Glasberg, Angie Beeman, and Colleen CaseyPART II. SOCIAL RIGHTSChapter 4. Food Not Bombs: The Right to Eat-Deric ShannonChapter 5. The Long Road to Economic and Social Justice-Amanda PlochChapter 6. Hurricane Katrina and the Right to Food and Shelter-Barret KatunaChapter 7. Education, Human Rights, and the State: Toward New Visions-Abraham P. DeLeonChapter 8. Health and Human Rights-Kathryn Strother RatcliffPART III. CULTURAL RIGHTSChapter 9. We Are a People in the World: Native Americans and Human Rights-Barbara GurrChapter 10. Reflections on Cultural Human Rights-MihoIwata and Bandana PurkayasthaPART IV. POLITICAL AND CIVIL RIGHTSChapter 11. Erosion of Political and Civil Rights: Looking Back to Changes Since 9/11/01: The Patriot Act-Christine ZozulaChapter 12. U.S. Asylum and Refugee Policy: The "Culture of No"-Bill FrelickChapter 13. The Border Action Network and Human Rights: Community-Based Resistance Against the Militarization of the U.S.-Mexico Border-Sang Hea Kil, Jennifer Allen, and Zoe HammerChapter 14. Sexual Citizenship: Marriage, Adoption, and Immigration in the United States-Katie AcostaChapter 15. Do Human Rights Endure Across Nation-State Boundaries? Analyzing the Experiences of Guest Workers-Shweta Majumdar AdurPart V. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial DiscriminationChapter 16. From International Platforms to Local Yards: Standing Up for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in the United States-Bandana Purkayastha, Aheli Purkayastha, and Chandra WaringChapter 17. Caging Kids of Color: Juvenile Justice and Human Rights in the United States-William T. ArmalinePART VI. CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMENChapter 18. "What Lies Beneath": Foundations of the U.S. Human Rights Perspective and the Significance for Women-Tola Olu PearceChapter 19. Sex Trafficking: In Our Backyard?-Ranita RayChapter 20. The U.S. Culture of Violence-Stacy A. MissariPART VII. HUMAN RIGHTS AND RESISTANCE IN THE UNITED STATESChapter 21. Building U.S. Human Rights Culture from the Ground Up: International Human Rights Implementation at the Local Level-Chivy Sok and Kenneth J. NeubeckChapter 22. Critical Resistance and the Prison Abolitionist Movement-Zoe HammerChapter 23. Human Rights in the United States: The "Gold Standard" and the Human Rights Enterprise-William T. Armaline, Davita Silfen Glasberg, and Bandana PurkayasthaNotesReferencesList of ContributorsIndexAcknowledgments