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Combating Sex Trafficking: A History, Donna M. Hughes Dr.
Combating Sex Trafficking: A History, Donna M. Hughes Dr.
Donna M. Hughes
No abstract provided.
Of Sweatshops And Human Subsistence: Habermas On Human Rights, David Ingram
Of Sweatshops And Human Subsistence: Habermas On Human Rights, David Ingram
David Ingram
In this paper I argue that the discourse theoretic account of human rights defended by Jürgen Habermas contains a fruitful tension that is obscured by its dominant tendency to identify rights with legal claims. This weakness in Habermas’s account becomes manifest when we examine how sweatshops diminish the secure enjoyment of subsistence, which Habermas himself (in recognition of the UDHR) recognizes as a human right. Discourse theories of human rights are unique in tying the legitimacy of human rights to democratic deliberation and consensus. So construed, their specific meaning and force is the outcome of historical political struggle. However, unlike …
It Can And Must Be Done, Foreword, Donna M. Hughes Dr.
It Can And Must Be Done, Foreword, Donna M. Hughes Dr.
Donna M. Hughes
No abstract provided.
Violence Against Women In The Egyptian And Syrian Uprisings, Donna M. Hughes Dr.
Violence Against Women In The Egyptian And Syrian Uprisings, Donna M. Hughes Dr.
Donna M. Hughes
Women have been full participants in the uprisings throughout the Arab world. They are seeking to be citizens with rights and opportunities in countries free of dictators. Women protested equally with men in early 2011 in Egypt. They were full of hope for a future of equality and opportunity, and for a while, it looked like a possibility. There hopes have been brutally suppressed, as they have become objects of violent assaults and exploitation.
The Normal Science Of Queerness: Lgbt Sociology Books In The Twenty-First Century, Joshua Gamson
The Normal Science Of Queerness: Lgbt Sociology Books In The Twenty-First Century, Joshua Gamson
Joshua Gamson
No abstract provided.
Men's Modesty, Religion, And The State: Spaces Of Collision, Karen M. Morin
Men's Modesty, Religion, And The State: Spaces Of Collision, Karen M. Morin
Karen M. Morin
No abstract provided.