Human Rights in Our Own Backyard: Injustice and Resistance in the United States

by Davita Silfen Glasberg and Bandana Purkayastha

Book Overview

Most Americans assume that the United States provides a gold standard for human rights--a 2007 survey found that 80 percent of U.S. adults believed that "the U.S. does a better job than most countries when it comes to protecting human rights." As well, discussions among scholars and public officials in the United States frame human rights issues as concerning people, policies, or practices "over there." By contrast, the contributors to this volume...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812243609
• ISBN13: 9780812243604
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"