{"product_id":"human-welfare-rights-and-social-activism-9780802096999","title":"Human Welfare Rights and Social Activism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaken as a whole, these essays pursue a careful consideration of the historical and contemporary exclusions to polity that occur around gender, ethnicity, class, and race.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A broad readership will be drawn to this book. It will be of interest not only to people wanting to know more about Woodsworth or the \u0026amp;lduo;history of the left\u0026amp;rduo; but also to anyone interested in making another, better, world possible through collective action.' -- Karen Bridget Murray BC Studies, no. 172, Winter 2011\/12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments   Contributors       *      A Common Interest? Refl ections on the Social Legacy of      J.S. Woodsworth and the Contemporary Politics of Social Change      in Canada by Jane Pulkingham    * The Historical Woodsworth and Contemporary Politics by Allen Mills (University of Winnipeg)     * Labour Rights in an Interregnum: The Ambiguous Legacy of      J.S. Woodsworth by Eeric Tucker (Osgoode Hall Law School, York University)     * The Changing Struggle for Rights: A Critical Look at the Origins       and Fate of Human Rights by  Gary Teeple (Simon Fraser University)     * Social Rights Are Human Rights: Furthering the Democratic      Project by Hugh Shewell (Carleton University)     * Human Rights and Poverty: A Twenty-First Century Tribute to      J.S. Woodsworth and Call for Human Rights by Gwen Brodsky (Poverty and Human Rights Centre, Vancouver)     * Human Needs above Property Rights? Rethinking the      Woodsworth Legacy in an Era of Economic Globalization by David Schneiderman (University of Toronto)     * Zones of Abandonment: The Cultural Politics of Public Health      in Vancouver's Inner City by Denielle Elliott (University of British Columbia)     *'Re-construction' from the Viewpoint of Precarious Labour: The      Practice of Solidarity by Geraldina Polanco (University of British Columbia) and Cecily Nicholson (Downtown Eastside Women's Center and Shelter, Vancouver)     * J.S. Woodsworth and the Discourse of White Civility by Daniel Coleman (McMaster University)     * Embodied Memory: Universal Citizenship and Indigenous Cree      Identity by Neal McLeod (Trent University)     * Canadians of Tomorrow: J.S. Woodsworth and the New      Ethnicities by David Chariandy (Simon Fraser University)        Index","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405231989079,"sku":"9780802096999","price":45.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780802096999.jpg?v=1730489213","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/human-welfare-rights-and-social-activism-9780802096999","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}