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Social inequality and social injustice :

Kallen Evelyn

Social inequality and social injustice : A human rights perspective - New York Palgrave Macmillan 2004 - 216p XIV

Table of contents
Preface;
Introduction: A Human Rights Approach to the Analysis of Dominant/Subordinate Relations;
The Human Rights Perspective: International Human Rights;
The Social Construction of Inequality;
Prejudice and Discrimination: Building Blocks of Social Inequality;
The Experience of Degradation, Abuse and the Harmful Impact of Hate;
Equality/Equity-seeking Protest Movements;
1: Women's Rights;
Equality/Equity-seeking Protest Movements;
2: Gay and Lesbian Rights;
The Roots of the Aboriginal Movement: Colonialism and Cultural Genocide;
Aboriginal Rights and New Nationhood Movements;
Conclusion: Strengths and Weaknesses of the Current Human Rights System;
Appendices;
References;
Index

ISBN: 9780333924280

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Equality2. Marginality - Social3. Social Justice - Human rights

Dewey Class. No.: 305.220000 / KAL