This book considers the complex and contradictory role of the United Nations when it comes to human rights around the world. It depicts the United Nations as a global arena in which state and non-state actors continuously contest issues around human rights.
This book considers the complex and contradictory role of the United Nations when it comes to human rights around the world. It depicts the United Nations as a global arena in which state and non-state actors continuously contest issues around human rights.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Abigail B. Bakan is Professor in the Department of Social Justice Education, OISE, cross-appointed to the Department of Political Science, and affiliate with the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies, at the University of Toronto. Her research is in the area of anti-oppression politics, with a focus on intersections of gender, race, class, political economy, and citizenship. Her publications include Theorizing Anti-Racism: Linkages in Marxism and Critical Race Theories (co-edited with Enakshi Dua); and Israel, Palestine and the Politics of Race: Exploring Identity and Power in a Global Context (co-authored with Yasmeen Abu-Laban). Yasmeen Abu-Laban is Professor of Political Science and Canada Research Chair in the Politics of Citizenship and Human Rights at the University of Alberta. She is also a fellow at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. She is co-author (with Abigail B. Bakan) of Israel, Palestine and the Politics of Race: Exploring Identity and Power in a Global Context (2020).
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: Thinking About the Paradox and Promise of Human Rights and the United Nations Abigail B. Bakan and Yasmeen Abu-Laban Part 1: The United Nations as Knowledge Producer 1. Knowledge Production: Gender, Race, Indigenous Peoples and Politics and the UN Abigail B. Bakan and Yasmeen Abu-Laban 2. Towards Reproductive Justice in the Global Gender Equality Agenda: The UN and Canadas's Compliance and Non-Compliance with Beijing and Beyond Nariya Khasanova 3. Human Rights for Human Remains: How International Frameworks Facilitate Transnational Knowledge Production Nicole Anderson Part 2: Stateless and Non-State Actors 4. Statelessness as a Window on the Paradox of the United Nations Yasmeen Abu-Laban and Abigail B. Bakan 5. The Paradox of Visibility and the ILO's Decent Work for Domestic Workers Convention Annie Chau 6. The Paradox of Indigenous Peoples' Participation at the UN: The Dance of Meaningful Change Against State Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity Sheryl Lightfoot and Utkarsh Khare Part 3: Global Challenges and Sovereign States 7. The UN's Contradictory Impact and Failure to Protect Women in Humanitarian Settings: Racist Frames in Post-Earthquake Haiti Célia Romulus 8. Mandating Global Health to Foster Health Security: Spotlighting the Africa Health Strategy (2007-30) and the United Nations Christopher Isike 9. Will a Human Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment Address the Wrongs of Environmental Degradation? Karen Morrow 10. The UN Human Rights Paradox During the Interregnum: Yemen and Myanmar as Case Studies W. Andy Knight Afterword: Naming and Framing Paradox Yasmeen Abu-Laban and Abigail B. Bakan
Introduction: Thinking About the Paradox and Promise of Human Rights and the United Nations Abigail B. Bakan and Yasmeen Abu-Laban Part 1: The United Nations as Knowledge Producer 1. Knowledge Production: Gender, Race, Indigenous Peoples and Politics and the UN Abigail B. Bakan and Yasmeen Abu-Laban 2. Towards Reproductive Justice in the Global Gender Equality Agenda: The UN and Canadas's Compliance and Non-Compliance with Beijing and Beyond Nariya Khasanova 3. Human Rights for Human Remains: How International Frameworks Facilitate Transnational Knowledge Production Nicole Anderson Part 2: Stateless and Non-State Actors 4. Statelessness as a Window on the Paradox of the United Nations Yasmeen Abu-Laban and Abigail B. Bakan 5. The Paradox of Visibility and the ILO's Decent Work for Domestic Workers Convention Annie Chau 6. The Paradox of Indigenous Peoples' Participation at the UN: The Dance of Meaningful Change Against State Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity Sheryl Lightfoot and Utkarsh Khare Part 3: Global Challenges and Sovereign States 7. The UN's Contradictory Impact and Failure to Protect Women in Humanitarian Settings: Racist Frames in Post-Earthquake Haiti Célia Romulus 8. Mandating Global Health to Foster Health Security: Spotlighting the Africa Health Strategy (2007-30) and the United Nations Christopher Isike 9. Will a Human Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment Address the Wrongs of Environmental Degradation? Karen Morrow 10. The UN Human Rights Paradox During the Interregnum: Yemen and Myanmar as Case Studies W. Andy Knight Afterword: Naming and Framing Paradox Yasmeen Abu-Laban and Abigail B. Bakan
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