Overview
- Explores the contemporary issue of dignity as an inalienable right to all humans
- Offers a timely intervention into the debates on human rights, NGO advocacy, and public policy in the age of globalization
- Emphasizes the importance of recognizing the role of women in human rights movements
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Women and Children Issues
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Indigenous and Migrant Issues
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Edward Sieh has over 30 years of experience teaching and publishing in the area of justice studies. He has worked at Lasell College for 10 years developing the justice studies program and promoting concerns for social justice around the world. He is currently the President of the Human Rights and Global Justice section of the International Sociological Association where he has organized conferences in Buenos Aires, Yokohama, Vienna, and in Toronto for summer 2017.
Professor Judy McGregor, CNZM, is Head of the School of Social Sciences and Public Policy at Auckland University of Technology. From 2002-2012 she was the first Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner with the New Zealand Human Rights Commission (NZHRC). She has held fellowships at Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities and in 2016 was the NZ UK link Visiting Professor at University of London.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Human Dignity
Book Subtitle: Establishing Worth and Seeking Solutions
Editors: Edward Sieh, Judy McGregor
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56005-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-56004-9Published: 10 May 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-71945-7Published: 06 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-56005-6Published: 02 May 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 394
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations
Topics: Medical Sociology, Development and Health, Health Informatics, Popular Science in Medicine and Health, Health Care Management