Canada S Rights Revolution

Author : Dominique Clément
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774858434

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Canada’s Rights Revolution by Dominique Clément Pdf

In the first major study of postwar social movement organizations in Canada, Dominique Clément provides a history of the human rights movement as seen through the eyes of two generations of activists. Drawing on newly acquired archival sources, extensive interviews, and materials released through access to information applications, Clément explores the history of four organizations that emerged in the sixties and evolved into powerful lobbies for human rights despite bitter internal disputes and intense rivalries. This book offers a unique perspective on infamous human rights controversies and argues that the idea of human rights has historically been highly statist while grassroots activism has been at the heart of the most profound human rights advances.

Author : Michael Ignatieff
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780887848926

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The Rights Revolution by Michael Ignatieff Pdf

With an updated preface by the author. Since the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, rights have become the dominant language of the public good around the globe. Indeed, rights have become the trump card in every argument. Long-standing fights for aboriginal rights, the issue of preserving the linguistic heritage of minorities, and same-sex marriage have steered our society into a full-blown rights revolution. This revolution is not only deeply controversial in North America, but is being watched around the world. Are group rights jeopardizing individual rights? When everyone asserts their rights, what happens to responsibilities? Can families survive and prosper when each member has rights? Is rights language empowering individuals while weakening community? Michael Ignatieff confronts these controversial questions head-on in The Rights Revolution, defending the supposed individualism of rights language against all comers. For Ignatieff, believing in rights means believing in politics, believing in deliberation rather than confrontation, compromise rather than violence.

Author : Dominique Clément
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781771121651

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Human Rights in Canada by Dominique Clément Pdf

This book shows how human rights became the primary language for social change in Canada and how a single decade became the locus for that emergence. The author argues that the 1970s was a critical moment in human rights history—one that transformed political culture, social movements, law, and foreign policy. Human Rights in Canada is one of the first sociological studies of human rights in Canada. It explains that human rights are a distinct social practice, and it documents those social conditions that made human rights significant at a particular historical moment. A central theme in this book is that human rights derive from society rather than abstract legal principles. Therefore, we can identify the boundaries and limits of Canada’s rights culture at different moments in our history. Until the 1970s, Canadians framed their grievances with reference to Christianity or British justice rather than human rights. A historical sociological approach to human rights reveals how rights are historically contingent, and how new rights claims are built upon past claims. This book explores governments’ tendency to suppress rights in periods of perceived emergency; how Canada’s rights culture was shaped by state formation; how social movements have advanced new rights claims; the changing discourse of rights in debates surrounding the constitution; how the international human rights movement shaped domestic politics and foreign policy; and much more. In addition to drawing on secondary literature in law, history, sociology, and political science, this study looked to published government documents, litigation and case law, archival research, newspapers, opinion polls, and materials produced by non-governmental organizations.

Author : Jennifer Tunnicliffe
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774838214

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Resisting Rights by Jennifer Tunnicliffe Pdf

From 1948 to 1966, the United Nations worked to create a common legal standard for human rights protection around the globe. Resisting Rights analyzes the Canadian government’s changing policy toward this endeavour from the 1940s to the 1970s, exploring how developments in international relations and evolving cultural attitudes within Canadian society created pressure on the federal government to overcome its initial reluctance to be bound by international human rights law. This timely study situates current policies within their historical context and debunks the myth that Canada has been at the forefront of international human rights policy since its inception.

Author : David R. Boyd
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780774821636

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The Environmental Rights Revolution by David R. Boyd Pdf

The right to a healthy environment has been the subject of extensive philosophical debates that revolve around the question: Should rights to clean air, water, and soil be entrenched in law? David Boyd answers this by moving beyond theoretical debates to measure the practical effects of enshrining the right in constitutions. His pioneering analysis of 193 constitutions and the laws and court decisions of more than 100 nations in Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa reveals a positive correlation between constitutional protection and stronger environmental laws, smaller ecological footprints, superior environmental performance, and improved quality of life.

Author : Dominique Clément
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781771121644

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Human Rights in Canada by Dominique Clément Pdf

This book shows how human rights became the primary language for social change in Canada and how a single decade became the locus for that emergence. The author argues that the 1970s was a critical moment in human rights history—one that transformed political culture, social movements, law, and foreign policy. Human Rights in Canada is one of the first sociological studies of human rights in Canada. It explains that human rights are a distinct social practice, and it documents those social conditions that made human rights significant at a particular historical moment. A central theme in this book is that human rights derive from society rather than abstract legal principles. Therefore, we can identify the boundaries and limits of Canada’s rights culture at different moments in our history. Until the 1970s, Canadians framed their grievances with reference to Christianity or British justice rather than human rights. A historical sociological approach to human rights reveals how rights are historically contingent, and how new rights claims are built upon past claims. This book explores governments’ tendency to suppress rights in periods of perceived emergency; how Canada’s rights culture was shaped by state formation; how social movements have advanced new rights claims; the changing discourse of rights in debates surrounding the constitution; how the international human rights movement shaped domestic politics and foreign policy; and much more. In addition to drawing on secondary literature in law, history, sociology, and political science, this study looked to published government documents, litigation and case law, archival research, newspapers, opinion polls, and materials produced by non-governmental organizations.

Author : Janet Miron
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9781551303567

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A History of Human Rights in Canada by Janet Miron Pdf

Human rights, equality, and social justice are at the forefront of public concern and political debate in Canada. Global events--especially the "war on terrorism"―have fostered further interest in the abuse of human rights, especially when sanctioned or perpetuated by democratic governments. This groundbreaking contributed volume seeks to shed light on this topic by uniting original essays that examine the history of human rights in Canada. Contributors explore a variety of themes integral to the post-confederation period, including immigration and ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, disability, state formation, and provincial-federal relations. Three key issues emerge throughout: incidents of discrimination in both government and society, the efforts of human rights and civil liberties activists to create a more open and tolerant society, and the implementation of state legislation designed to protect or enhance civil rights.

Author : Dominique Clément
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781771122764

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Debating Rights Inflation in Canada by Dominique Clément Pdf

Human rights has become the dominant vernacular for framing social problems around the world. In this book, Dominique Clément presents a paradox in politics, law, and social practice: he argues that whereas framing grievances as human rights violations has become an effective strategy, the increasing appropriation of rights-talk to frame any and all grievances undermines attempts to address systemic social problems. His argument is followed by commentator response from several leading human rights scholars and practitioners in Canada and abroad who bridge the divide between academia, public policy, and practice.

Author : Charles R. Epp
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780226772424

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The Rights Revolution by Charles R. Epp Pdf

It is well known that the scope of individual rights has expanded dramatically in the United States over the last half-century. Less well known is that other countries have experienced "rights revolutions" as well. Charles R. Epp argues that, far from being the fruit of an activist judiciary, the ascendancy of civil rights and liberties has rested on the democratization of access to the courts—the influence of advocacy groups, the establishment of governmental enforcement agencies, the growth of financial and legal resources for ordinary citizens, and the strategic planning of grass roots organizations. In other words, the shift in the rights of individuals is best understood as a "bottom up," rather than a "top down," phenomenon. The Rights Revolution is the first comprehensive and comparative analysis of the growth of civil rights, examining the high courts of the United States, Britain, Canada, and India within their specific constitutional and cultural contexts. It brilliantly revises our understanding of the relationship between courts and social change.

Author : Tasha Kheiriddin,Adam Daifallah
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780470739723

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Rescuing Canada's Right by Tasha Kheiriddin,Adam Daifallah Pdf

A provocative and timely call to action for civic-minded Canadians yearning for a more competitive political system ane better government. Canadians everywhere are asking: what's wrong with the Conservative Party? The Liberal Party of Canada has held power for 70 of the past 100 years--a feat unrivaled by any other political party in the Western hemisphere. This dominance has caused a great deal of frustration on all political fronts, especially on the right. In the past two years, the long-awaited merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives has not achieved the results many were expecting. Despite the explosive revelations of the sponsorship scandal, and attempts to improve his party's image, Stephen Harper's Conservatives still trail in the polls. In Rescuing Canada's Right, the authors examine the problems facing the Conservative Party and the broader conservative movement, and offer concrete solutions on how to fix them. Some of the issues the book will address: Why the Conservative Party and its predecessor parties have such a poor electoral record; Why today's Conservative Party is not really conservative. Why a new political vision is necessary to inspire Canadians--and what it should be. How the Liberals use public money to entrench an unhealthy reliance on the state--and how the right has failed to challenge it What Canadian conservatives can learn from the American and British experiences How to build a Canadian Conservative counter-culture in the media, academia, and the law How the right can break through to the young, and to immigrants in Quebec An action plan to end Canada's democratic deficit and level the political playing field. Rescuing Canada's Right will be a hard-hitting and groundbreaking work that will introduce new ideas and a passionate call for change for 21st century Canada.

Author : Barry L. Strayer
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780888648037

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Canada's Constitutional Revolution by Barry L. Strayer Pdf

From 1960 to 1982 Barry L. Strayer was instrumental in the design of The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the patriation of Canada's Constitution. Here Dr. Strayer shares his experiences as a key legal advisor with a clear, personal voice that yields an insightful contribution to Canadian history and political memoir. He discusses the personal philosophies of Pierre Trudeau and F.R. Scott in addition to his meticulous accounts of the events and people involved in Canada's constitutional reform, and the consequences of that reform, which reveal that it was truly a revolution. This is an accessible primary source for experts and non-specialists interested in constitutional history studies, political history of patriation and The Charter, interpretation of The Charter, and the nature of judicial review.

Author : Barry L. Strayer
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780888646491

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Canada's Constitutional Revolution by Barry L. Strayer Pdf

The Honourable Barry L. Strayer’s political memoir on Canadian constitutional reform, 1960–1982.

Author : F. Pearl Eliadis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
ISBN : 0773543058

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Speaking Out on Human Rights by F. Pearl Eliadis Pdf

A critical analysis of the rhetoric and reality surrounding human rights commissions and tribunals, Canada's most contested administrative agencies.

Author : Walter Surma Tarnopolsky
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1975-01-01
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : 9780773595439

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The Canadian Bill of Rights by Walter Surma Tarnopolsky Pdf

Author : José E. Igartua
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774840675

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The Other Quiet Revolution by José E. Igartua Pdf

The Other Quiet Revolution traces the under-examined cultural transformation woven through key developments in the formation of Canadian nationhood, from the 1946 Citizenship Act and the 1956 Suez crisis to the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism (1963-70) and the adoption of the federal multiculturalism policy in 1971. Jos� Igartua analyzes editorial opinion, political rhetoric, history textbooks, and public opinion polls to show how Canada's self-conception as a British country dissolved as struggles with bilingualism and biculturalism, as well as Quebec's constitutional demands, helped to fashion new representations of national identity in English-speaking Canada based on the civic principle of equality.