| Record Type: |
Language materials, printed
: monographic
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| Title Information: |
demanding dignity in the United States and around the world |
| Author: |
WallingCarrie Booth, |
| Place of Publication: |
New York, NY |
| Published: |
Routledge; |
| Year of Publication: |
2022 |
| Description: |
xvi, 177 p. ill. : 23 cm.; |
| Series: |
International studies intensives |
| Subject: |
Human rights - Case studies. - |
| Subject: |
Human rights - United States. - |
| Subject: |
Justice, Administration of - Case studies. - |
| Subject: |
Justice, Administration of - United States. - |
| Subject: |
Social justice - Case studies. - |
| Summary: |
"Human rights is an empowering framework for understanding andaddressing justice issues at local, domestic, and international levels. Thisbook combines U.S.-based case studies with examples from other regions ofthe world to explore important human rights themes - the equality,universality, and interdependence of human rights, the idea of internationalcrimes, strategies of human rights change, and justice & reconciliation inthe aftermath of human rights violations. From Flint and Minneapolis toXinjiang and Mt. Sinjar, this book challenges readers to consider how humanrights apply to their own lives and equips them to be changemakers in theirown communities"-- |
| ISBN: |
978-0-367-90212-4pbk. |