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Human Dignity

Establishing Worth and Seeking Solutions

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Editors:
  1. Edward Sieh

    1. Justice Studies, Lasell College, Framingham , USA

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  2. Judy McGregor

    1. Social Sciences and Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology , Auckland, New Zealand

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  • 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)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Special Problems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Dignity Online and Offline

      • Joy Liddicoat
      Pages 3-20

    3. Human Dignity in a World with a Changing Climate

      • Vanessa C.S.P.A. da Costa, Ricardo A.C. de Miranda
      Pages 21-36

    4. Dignity and Disability

      • Sylvia Bell
      Pages 37-52

    5. Globalization and Human Rights

      • Alok Kumar Meena
      Pages 53-60

    6. Dignity and the Fourth Age

      • Isabella Paoletti
      Pages 61-81

    7. Dignity Before the European Court of Human Rights

      • Alexander Kuteynikov, Anatoly Boyashov
      Pages 83-101

  3. Women and Children Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. The Fragility of Children’s Rights in Policies Regarding Poverty

      • Cynthia Lisa Jeans
      Pages 105-126

    3. Practices of Dignity and Respect: Children of Immigrants and Justness

      • Paola Rebughini
      Pages 127-141

    4. Dignity and Children’s Rights

      • Brian K. Gran
      Pages 143-158

    5. Dignity and Human Trafficking Policy in Vietnam: Deconstructing Gender

      • Kim Anh Duong, Rachel Simon-Kumar
      Pages 159-178

    6. Re-envisioning the Dignity of Women’s Work

      • Judy McGregor
      Pages 179-193

    7. The Indignities of a Women’s Prison

      • Edward Sieh
      Pages 195-212

    8. Women’s Local Social Movements

      • Anis Farida
      Pages 213-228

  4. Indigenous and Migrant Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-229
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    2. From “Polymorphism of Violence” to the Complexities of Peace: Towards an Integral Dignity in Colombia

      • Andrés Argüello Parra, Priscyll Anctil Avoine
      Pages 231-245

    3. Tijuana: Walls and Borderlines

      • Bernardo Saldaña
      Pages 247-262

    4. Human Dignity and the Right to Adequate Housing in the Global Mega-Events Era: A Discussion from the Favelas of Rio De Janeiro

      • Sérgio H. Rocha Franco
      Pages 263-277
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About this book

This book examines the concept of dignity from a variety of global perspectives. It scrutinizes how dignity informs policy and practice, and is influenced by international and domestic law, human rights values, and domestic politics. An exciting collection of essays, this edited volume provides an analysis of human rights as they are experienced by real people who have in many cases been forced to take action to further their own interests. Readers will discover an extensive range of issues discussed, from the internet, climate change and disabilities, to globalization, old-age, and migrants' rights. The last section deals with the impact of various issues on indigenous and migrant populations, specifically violence in Columbia, border issues in Tijuana, women's and children's rights violations, and the complex problems experienced by refugees, particularly in regards to citizenship. The interdisciplinary nature of this work makes it an invaluable read for scholars of Health Studies, Law, Human Rights, Sociology and Politics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Justice Studies, Lasell College, Framingham , USA

    Edward Sieh

  • Social Sciences and Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology , Auckland, New Zealand

    Judy McGregor

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. 

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