Debating Rights Inflation in Canada

A Sociology of Human Rights

AvDominique Clément

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-10-30
Mått:137 x 200 x 10 mm
Vikt:220 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Canadian Commentaries
Antal sidor:174
Förlag:Wilfrid Laurier University Press
ISBN:9781771122443

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Dominique Clément is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta. He is the author of Human Rights in Canada: A History (WLU Press, 2016), Canada's Rights Revolution, and Equality Deferred, as well as the co-editor of Alberta's Human Rights Story and Debating Dissent. His website, HistoryOfRights.ca, serves as research and teaching portal on the study of human rights.

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In Canada, as in many other advanced countries, human rights have proliferated, leading many commentators to proclaim that rights have triumphed over other modes of social organization. Perhaps so, but Dominique Clément worries that rights inflation beyond the protection of core interests paradoxically interferes with broader efforts to achieve social justice. In this fascinating book, Clément lays out a powerful account of the dark side of the Canadian experience of human rights. Four responses by leading experts give the reader numerous perspectives on this difficult problem. Eric Posner, Professor, University of Chicago Law School

Innehållsförteckning

Rights Inflation in Canada - Dominique ClémentCommentary: The Right Investment in Rights - Nathalie DesRosiersCommentary: Too Many Rights? - Pearl EliadisCommentary: Liberalism, Social Democracy, and Human Rights - Rhoda E. Howard-HassmannCommentary: Historical Contingency and Human Rights Pluralism - Gert VerschraegenContributorsNotesIndex