Debating Rights Inflation in Canada: A Sociology of Human Rights (Canadian Commentaries) - Softcover

Dominique ClÚment (author)

 
9781771122443: Debating Rights Inflation in Canada: A Sociology of Human Rights (Canadian Commentaries)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1771122447 ISBN 13: 9781771122443
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2018

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

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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Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1771122447
ISBN 13 
9781771122443
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
174