In Canada human rights are considered to be fundamental and inalienable, and on the international stage our rights regime is seen to be forward-looking. The historical reality, however, is that Canada was surprisingly slow to adopt and adapt to the "rights revolution" that followed the Second World War. Canadians are by and large unaware of the uneven emergence of a rights consciousness, nor is there a general understanding of how the Canadian experience fits into the international story of the age of rights. This collection explores the changing attitudes toward human rights in Canada in the…mehr
In Canada human rights are considered to be fundamental and inalienable, and on the international stage our rights regime is seen to be forward-looking. The historical reality, however, is that Canada was surprisingly slow to adopt and adapt to the "rights revolution" that followed the Second World War. Canadians are by and large unaware of the uneven emergence of a rights consciousness, nor is there a general understanding of how the Canadian experience fits into the international story of the age of rights. This collection explores the changing attitudes toward human rights in Canada in the last hundred years. Contributors detail the novelty of, the struggle for, and the limitations of universal human rights in Canada and their uneven application across Canadian society. The history of this long process of transformation includes the struggle faced by many groups for recognition of their rights and the important work of rights activists.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
David Goutor is assistant professor in the School of Labour Studies at McMaster University, specializing in labour, immigration, and politics. He is the author of Guarding the Gates: The Canadian Labour Movement and Immigration, 1872-1934 (UBC Press, 2007) and a regular contributor to the Toronto Star. Stephen Heathorn is professor in the Department of History at McMaster University, specializing in nineteenth- and twentieth-century British history. He is the author of For Home, Country, and Race: Gender, Class, and Englishness in the Elementary School, 1880-1914 (UTP, 2000) and Haig and Kitchener in Twentieth-Century Britain: Representation, Remembrance, and Appropriation (Ashgate, 2013).
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* Foreword (Michael Ignatieff) * Introduction (Stephen Heathorn and David Goutor) * 1. Decoding the Rights Revolution: Lessons from the Canadian Experience (James W. St.G. Walker) * 2. Where Do We Begin? Human Rights, Public History, and the Challenge of Conceptualization (Bonny Ibhawoh) * 3. The Rights Revolution in Canada and Australia: International Politics, Social Movements, and Domestic Law (Dominique Clément) * 4. "Their Equality Is My Equality": F. Andrew Brewin and Human Rights Activism, 1940s-1970s (Stephanie Bangarth) * 5. Transnational Links and Citizens' Rights: Canadian Jewish Human Rights Activists and Their American Allies in the 1940s and 1950s (Ruth A. Frager and Carmela Patrias) * 6. A Limited Vision: Canadian Participation in the Adoption of the International Covenants on Human Rights (Jennifer Tunnicliffe) * 7. Children's Rights from Below: Canadian and Transnational Actions, Beliefs, and Discourses, 1900-1989 (Dominique Marshall) * 8. Social Movements and Human Rights: Gender, Sexuality, and the Charter in English-Speaking Canada (Miriam Smith) * 9. Human Rights for Some: First Nations Rights in Twentieth-Century Canada (J.R. Miller) * Afterword: Rights, History, and Turning Points (William Schabas) * Select Bibliography * Contributors * Index
* Foreword (Michael Ignatieff) * Introduction (Stephen Heathorn and David Goutor) * 1. Decoding the Rights Revolution: Lessons from the Canadian Experience (James W. St.G. Walker) * 2. Where Do We Begin? Human Rights, Public History, and the Challenge of Conceptualization (Bonny Ibhawoh) * 3. The Rights Revolution in Canada and Australia: International Politics, Social Movements, and Domestic Law (Dominique Clément) * 4. "Their Equality Is My Equality": F. Andrew Brewin and Human Rights Activism, 1940s-1970s (Stephanie Bangarth) * 5. Transnational Links and Citizens' Rights: Canadian Jewish Human Rights Activists and Their American Allies in the 1940s and 1950s (Ruth A. Frager and Carmela Patrias) * 6. A Limited Vision: Canadian Participation in the Adoption of the International Covenants on Human Rights (Jennifer Tunnicliffe) * 7. Children's Rights from Below: Canadian and Transnational Actions, Beliefs, and Discourses, 1900-1989 (Dominique Marshall) * 8. Social Movements and Human Rights: Gender, Sexuality, and the Charter in English-Speaking Canada (Miriam Smith) * 9. Human Rights for Some: First Nations Rights in Twentieth-Century Canada (J.R. Miller) * Afterword: Rights, History, and Turning Points (William Schabas) * Select Bibliography * Contributors * Index
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