Economic rights in Canada and the United States
By: edited by Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann and Claude E. Welch, Jr.
Contributors: Howard-Hassmann, Rhoda E., 1948-; Welch, Claude Emerson.
Series: Pennsylvania studies in human rights
Publisher: University of Pennyslvania Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780812239256
Subjects: Human rights -- Canada; Human rights -- United States; Capitalism; Equality; Canada -- Economic policy; United States -- Economic policy; Canada -- Social policy; United States -- Social policy
Description: "This volume explains how economic rights are realized - or violated - in Canada and the United States.

Contributors analyze the philosophy, law, and politics of economic rights and discuss specific issues such as poverty, health care, and the rights of people with disabilities."

"Contributors consider the problem from the perspective of their own countries: Canada, the United States, and, for contrast, the Netherlands.

They do so in order to explore whether their own countries fall short of meeting international standards of economic rights.

They also address the criticism often made by non-Western scholars of human rights - that their Western colleagues preach human rights abroad without regard to the human rights flaws at home."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.