Although media and political figures frequently portray the United States as the most free country in the world and the leading exporter of freedom and democracy, Blau (U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Brunsma (U. of Missouri), Moncada (president, Sociologists without Borders), and Zimmer (U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) here present 19 chapters describing how the United States has lagged in regards to a spectrum of economic, social, political, and human rights. Chapters discuss US performance in the areas of rights to housing, health, labor rights, rights of the child, right of migrants and minorities, women's rights, rights of people with disabilities, indigenous rights, sexual and gender rights, language rights, cultural rights, rights to sustenance and development, environmental rights, rights of prisoners, international humanitarian law, and democratic rights. Two chapters discuss the role of social forums in promoting human rights and the relationship between freedom and security. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Introduction, Frances Fox Piven;
Chapter 1 Human Vulnerabilities, Bryan
S. Turner;
Chapter 2 Rights to Housing, Dave Overfelt, David L. Brunsma;
Chapter 3 Health as a Human Right, Antonio Ugalde, Nśria Homedes;
Chapter 4
Labor Rights and Rights of Workers, Vincent J. Roscigno, Andrew Martin;
Chapter 5 Rights of the Child, Brian Gran;
Chapter 6 Rights of Migrants and
Minorities, Cecilia Menjķvar, Rubén G. Rumbaut;
Chapter 7 Womens Rights,
Tola Olu Pearce;
Chapter 8 Rights of People with Disabilities, Jean Lynch;
Chapter 9 Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Keri E. Iyall Smith;
Chapter 10 The
Human Right to Sexual and Gender Self-Expression, Gerald F. Lackey;
Chapter
11 Language Rights as Human Rights, Golash-Boza Tanya, Douglas Parker;
Chapter 12 Cultural Rights, Rodney D. Coates;
Chapter 13 Rights to Water,
Food, and Development, Jenniffer M. Santos-Hernįndez, John Barnshaw;
Chapter
14 Environmental Rights, Damayanti Banerjee;
Chapter 15 Rights of Prisoners,
Hattery Angela, Earl Smith;
Chapter 16 Human Rights and International
Humanitarian Law, John Hagan, Wenona Rymond-Richmond;
Chapter 17 Rights to
Part Icipate in Democracy, Mark Frezzo;
Chapter 18 The Social Forum Process
and Human Rights, Marina Karides;
Chapter 19 Freedom and Security, Judith
Blau, Alberto Moncada; postscript Postscript, Jack Donnelly;
Authored by Blau, Judith R.; Brunsma, David L.; Moncada, Alberto; Zimmer, Catherine
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