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Clément, Dominique, 1975-
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Human rights -- Canada -- History.
Human rights -- Canada.
Human rights -- Social aspects -- Canada.
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Clément, Dominique, 1975-
Human rights -- Canada -- History.
Human rights -- Canada.
Human rights -- Social aspects -- Canada.
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Human rights in Canada : a history / Dominique Clément.
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Clément, Dominique, 1975-
Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2016.
Call #:
323.0971 C642h
Subjects
Human rights -- Canada -- History.
Human rights -- Canada.
Human rights -- Social aspects -- Canada.
Series
Laurier
studies
in
political
philosophy
series
.
ISBN:
9781771121637 (pbk.)
Description:
xiv, 230 pages.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"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. This sociological study of human rights in Canada 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. 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"--Provided by publisher.
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