Politics

Global Studies
RECENTLY PUBLISHED!
Human Rights: Current Issues
and Controversies
Edited by Gordon DiGiacomo
(University of Ottawa)
2016 / 6 x 9 / paper / 560 pp / 978-1-4426-0953-2
US & CDN $59.95
Available as an ebook
“As a long time researcher and teacher in the area of human rights,
I encourage all to closely examine Human Rights: Current Issues
and Controversies.”
– Paul Brienza, York University
Written largely by Canadian scholars for Canadian students, this overview of contemporary human
rights concerns introduces the human rights instruments—provincial, national, and international—
that protect Canadians. The volume begins with an overview of the history of human rights before
moving on to discuss such important topics as the relationship between political institutions and
rights protection, rights issues pertaining to specific communities, and cross-cutting rights issues
that affect most or all citizens.
CONTENTS
1. The Evolution of Human Rights Protection in Canada, Brooke Jeffrey
2. The Genesis and Evolution of the Post-War Human Rights Project, Roland Burke and James Kirby
3. Political Institutions and the Protection of Human Rights, Gordon DiGiacomo
4. Federalism and Rights: The Case of the United States with Comparative Perspectives, John Kincaid
5. Human Rights NGOs, David Zarnett
6. Temporary Migrant Workers in Canada: Protecting and Extending Labour Rights, Tanya Basok
7. Children’s Rights: Their Role, Significance, and Potential, Tara Collins and Christine Gervais
8. Age, Age Discrimination, and Ageism, Thomas Klassen
9. Aboriginal Rights: The Right to Self-Government v. The Right to Self-Determination,
Gordon DiGiacomo and Tracie Scott
10. DisAbling Human Rights? Moving from Rights into Access and Inclusion in Daily Life, Deborah Stienstra
11. The Politics of Women’s Rights, Caroline Andrew
12. “All Manner of Wickedness Abounds”: Reconciling Queer Rights and Religious Rights, Karen Busby
13. The Arab Spring and Human Rights: Discarding the Old Clichés, Mahmood Monshipouri and Kelley O’Dell
14. Freedom of Religion: A Change in Perspective? Melanie Adrian
15. Whither Economic and Social Rights? Assessing the Position of Economic and Social Rights in the Neoliberal,
Post-Crisis Context, Susan Kang and Jennifer Rutledge
16. Business and Human Rights: Challenges in Accessing Remedy and Justice, Sara Seck and Kirsten Stefanik
17. Human Rights and Climate Change, Sam Adelman
18. Human Rights and Security: Reflections on an Integral Relation, Trevor Purvis
19. Now You See Me: Privacy, Technology, and Autonomy in the Digital Age, Valerie Steeves
6 Politics Fall 2016 / Spring 2017