8. Zones of Abandonment: The Cultural Politics of Public Health in Vancouver’s Inner City

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Contributors ix
5. 1. A Common Interest? Reflections on the Social Legacy of J.S. Woodsworth and the Contemporary Politics of Social Change in Canada 1
6. 2. The Historical Woodsworth and Contemporary Politics 42
7. 3. Labour Rights in an Interregnum: The Ambiguous Legacy of J.S. Woodsworth 65
8. 4. The Changing Struggle for Rights: A Critical Look at the Origins and Fate of Human Rights 91
9. 5. Social Rights Are Human Rights: Furthering the Democratic Project 114
10. 6. Human Rights and Poverty: A Twenty-First Century Tribute to J.S. Woodsworth and Call for Human Rights 136
11. 7. Human Needs above Property Rights? Rethinking the Woodsworth Legacy in an Era of Economic Globalization 161
12. 8. Zones of Abandonment: The Cultural Politics of Public Health in Vancouver’s Inner City 180
13. 9. ‘Re-construction’ from the Viewpoint of Precarious Labour: The Practice of Solidarity 199
14. 10. J.S. Woodsworth and the Discourse of White Civility 221
15. 11. Embodied Memory: Universal Citizenship and Indigenous Cree Identity 244
16. 12. Canadians of Tomorrow: J.S. Woodsworth and the New Ethnicities 266
17. Index 287