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Power and Justice in the Contemporary World-Economy
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Power and Justice in the Contemporary World-Economy
Hotel Pennsylvania, New York City, August 9, 2013
Website: Powerandjustice.com
This one-day conference focused on highlighting sociologists' contributions to contemporary struggles for social justice around the world. Conference streams focused on topics like the politics of austerity, faces of globalization, labor movements, indigenous nationhood, civil society, food security, transnational corporations, the international treaty system, the transnational capitalist class, challenges in international development, and current affairs in major regions of the world
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Reconceptualizing human rights attitudes: understanding outcomes and determinants
Published 2013-01-01Open AccessConference paper -
Economic and social rights of women in India: a critique
Published 2013-01-01In Indian Jurisprudence both Distributive and Corrective Justice Models are incorporated. The constitution of India in its Preamble itself, indicates the Justice for all, in all walks of life; whether social, political or ...Open AccessConference paper -
New Strategies to Counter Florida’s War on Democracy: Voter Disenfranchisement, Human Rights, and the ACLU
Published 2013-01-01In 2004 the ACLU formed the Human Rights Program, dedicated to holding the U.S. government accountable to universal human rights principles in addition to rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. This paper explores ...Open AccessConference paper -
The First Shots: Zapatismo and Gender Justice.
Published 2013-01-01This paper is based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Zapatista communities in Chiapas, Mexico from 2005-2007 and explores the experiences of Zapatista women during the period of autonomy. Despite the early attention ...Open AccessConference paper -
Power and justice in the democratic republic of Congo
Published 2013-01-01Open AccessConference paper