 | Economic Rights in Canada and the United States Subjects: Human rights -- Canada; Human rights -- United States; Canada -- Economic policy; United States -- Economic policy; Canada -- Social policy; United States -- Social policy; Capitalism; Equality; This volume explains how economic rights are realized--or violated--in Canada and the United States. Contributors analyze the philosophy, law, and politics of these rights and discuss specific issues such as poverty, health care, and the rights of people with disabilities. Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann is Canada Research Chair in International Human Rights and Professor in Global Studies and Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada. She is the author of several books, including Reparations to Africa, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Claude E. Welch, Jr. is SUNY Distinguished Service Professor and Professor of Political Science at the State University of New York, Buffalo. He is the author of many books, including Protecting Human Rights in Africa: Strategies and Roles of Nongovernmental Organizations, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. |
