Abbreviations

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction. Looking at Ourselves 1
4. Part I. Philosophy, Law, and Politics of Economic Rights
5. Chapter 1. Justifying Socioeconomic Rights 25
6. Chapter 2. International Law of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights 41
7. Chapter 3. On the Margins of the Human Rights Discourse 55
8. Part II. Poverty
9. Chapter 4. Homelessness in Canada and the United States 73
10. Chapter 5. Welfare Racism and Human Rights 87
11. Chapter 6. The Movement to End Poverty in the United States 103
12. Part III. Contentious and Emerging Issues
13. Chapter 7. So Close and Yet So Different 121
14. Chapter 8. International Labor Rights and North American Labor Law 137
15. Chapter 9. Deconstructing Barriers 149
16. Chapter 10. The Economic Rights of Migrant and Immigrant Workers in Canada and the United States 169
17. Part IV. A European Comparison
18. Chapter 11. The Netherlands 189
19. Appendix 1. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 203
20. Appendix 2. Excerpts from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s State of the Union Address, January 6, 1941 211
21. Appendix 3. Excerpts from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s State of the Union Address, January 11, 1944 213
22. Abbreviations 215
23. Notes 217
24. Contributors 261
25. Index 267
26. Acknowledgments 275