{"product_id":"bringing-human-rights-home-a-history-of-human-rights-in-the-united-states-9780812220797","title":"Bringing Human Rights Home: A History of Human Rights in the United States","description":"\u003cp\u003eThroughout its history, America's policies have alternatively embraced human rights, regarded them with ambivalence, or rejected them out of hand. The essays in \u003ci\u003eBringing Human Rights Home: A History of Human Rights in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e put these shifting political winds into a larger historical perspective, from the country's very beginnings to the present day. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe contributing writers examine the global influences on early American attitudes toward human rights and, reviewing the twentieth century, note the high-water mark of human rights acceptance during Franklin Delano Roosevelt's presidency. They examine the domestic tensions between civil and political rights on the one hand, and economic, social, and cultural rights on the other. Taking the long view, many of the contributors emphasize the role played by social movements and grassroots activists in pressing a human rights agenda from the bottom up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe essays examine the centrality of human rights in the early and mid-twentieth-century civil rights movement, the breadth of subnational human rights activism in the face of federal inaction on a range of human rights issues, and the ways both post-9\/11 developments and government responses to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina spurred grassroots activism in the United States. Several essays explore in depth the emergence of new advocacy strategies, both in the context of litigating for civil and political rights and through the lens of particular economic rights sectors, such as labor. Though the setbacks for human rights have been many, \u003ci\u003eBringing Human Rights Home\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the strength and resilience of the U.S. human rights movement and offers hope for its future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cynthia Soohoo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.10w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812220797\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCynthia Soohoo is Director of the U.S. Legal Program for the Center for Reproductive Rights. Catherine Albisa is Executive Director of the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative. Martha F. Davis is Professor of Law and Codirector of the Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy at Northeastern University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40163141714035,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":40.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_8dd51a4d-6112-4d6b-94fe-9f86b712b00f.jpg?v=1655042892","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/bringing-human-rights-home-a-history-of-human-rights-in-the-united-states-9780812220797","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}