Human rights in Canada : a history / Dominique Clément. [electronic resource]

By:

Clément, Dominique, 1975- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Canadian Electronic Library (Firm) [distributor.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Laurier studies in political philosophy series | Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection.Publisher: Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Distributor: Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2016Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 230 pages)Content type:

ISBN:

9781771121644

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Libros electronicos.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

323.0971 23

LOC classification:

JC599.C3 C542 2016

Online resources:

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Contents:

Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Liberty and State Formation -- CHAPTER 2 Civil Liberties in Canada -- CHAPTER 3 Human Rights Beginnings -- CHAPTER 4 The Rights Revolution -- CHAPTER 5 Contesting Human Rights -- Conclusion.

Summary: This book shows how human rights became the primary language for social change in Canada and how a single decade became the locus for that emergence. The author argues that the 1970s was a critical moment in human rights history one that transformed political culture, social movements, law, and foreign policy.

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Ebook	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online	eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available

Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-217) and index.

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This book shows how human rights became the primary language for social change in Canada and how a single decade became the locus for that emergence. The author argues that the 1970s was a critical moment in human rights history one that transformed political culture, social movements, law, and foreign policy.