Transnational Women's Activism, Organizing, and Human Rights
Since the UN's World Conference on Women in Mexico City in 1975, feminists around the world have campaigned with increasing success for recognition of women's full personhood and empowerment. Drawing from an international group of scholars and activists, this book explores the social and political developments that have energized this movement.
The Story of Coretta Scott King: Commemorative Edition
Shows a determined young girl who grew up in Alabama and worked her way through Antioch College only to discover that she was not allowed to teach in the white schools in Ohio. This biography, including a black and white photo gallery, tells the story of Coretta Scott King from her childhood to her death in February 2006.
Can we safeguard our nation's security without weakening cherished liberties? And how does technology affect the potential conflict between these fundamental goals? These questions acquired renewed urgency in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
Max Yergan (1892-1975) traveled on more ground - both literally and figuratively - than any of his impressive contemporaries, which included Adam Clayton Powell, Paul Robeson, and A Phillip Randolph. Yergan rose through the ranks of the colored work department of the YMCA, and was among the first black YMCA missionaries in South Africa.
A Short History of Reproductive Politics in America
A sweeping chronicle of women's battles for reproductive freedom throughout American history, Pregnancy and Power explores the many forces-social, racial, economic, and political-that have shaped women's reproductive lives in the United States.
How are we to reconcile the language of rights with the reality? Do we live in an age of rights after all? This title provides a quantitative analysis of the marked gap between the principle and practice of human rights.
How are we to reconcile the language of rights with the reality? Do we live in an age of rights after all? This book provides a quantitative analysis of the marked gap between the principle and practice of human rights.
Voter turnout was unusually high in the 2004 U.S. presidential election. At first glance, that level of participation -largely spurred by war in Iraq and a burgeoning culture war at home -might look like vindication of democracy.
If, as Kent argues, everyone has a human right to adequate food, it follows that those who can empower the poor have a duty to see that right implemented, and the obligation to be held morally and legally accountable for seeing that that right is realized for everyone, everywhere.
