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Taylor & Francis Ltd Social Problems A Human Rights Perspective 2021 Edition by Eric Bonds
Social Problems: A Human Rights Perspective, Second Edition evaluates U.S. society through an international human rights framework. The book provides a critical discussion about what rights mean, along with a sociological exploration of power and inequality to explain why human rights are so often violated or left ignored and unfulfilled in the United States. In each chapter, the book offers numerous policy alternatives that could provide a pathway toward the increased fulfillment of rights, while also stressing the important role that nonviolent social movements have had, and must have in the future, in achieving greater justice, dignity, wellbeing, and environmental protection in our society. This edition includes several new chapters on topics of major interest to students, including:the human right to healthclimate change and human rightsimmigration and human rights violations in U.S. society a new discussion of the #BlackLivesMatter movement.Social Problems gives social science students a new way to understand pressing social issues that exist in their own communities. Table of contents : - Table of ContentsPreface1. Introduction to the Human Rights Perspective2. Rights to Wellbeing and Property in an Unequal Society3. American Inequality and Rights to Speech and Democracy4. Racism and the Human Right to be Treated Equally Before the Law5. Violations of Women's and LGBTQ Rights in U.S. Society6. The Human Right to Health and the Toxic Politics of Expendability7. Carbon Pollution, Climate Change, and Human Rights8. U.S. Immigration Policy and Violations of Human Rights9. U.S. Society, Global Inequalities, and Human Rights10. Volunteerism, Activism, and the Pursuit of Human Rights in an Uncertain FutureGlossaryAppendix: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights