Introduction: Looking at Ourselves = 1
Rhoda E. Howard-hassmann and Claude E. Welch, Jr.
Part I. Philosophy, Law, and Politics of Economic Rights
1 Justifying Socioeconomic Rights = 25
Brian Orend
2 International Law of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights: a U.s. Perspective = 41
David Weissbrodt
3 on The Margins of The Human Rights Discourse: Foreign Policy and International Welfare Rights = 55
David P. Forsythe and Eric A. Heinze
Part Ii. Poverty
4 Homelessness in Canada and The United States = 73
Barbara Wake Carroll
5 Welfare Racism and Human Rights = 87
Kenneth J. Neubeck
6 The Movement to End Poverty in The United States = 103
Maly Bricker-jenkins and Willie Baptist
Part Iii. Contentious and Emerging Issues
7 So Close and Yet So Different: The Right to Health Care in The United States and Canada = 121
Virginia A. Leary
8 International Labor Rights and North American Labor Law = 137
James B. Atleson
9 Deconstructing Barriers: The Promise of Socioeconomic Rights for People With Disabilities in Canada = 149
Sarah Armstrong, Mindy Noble, and Pauline Rosenbaum
10 The Economic Rights of Migrant and Immigrant Workers in Canada and The United States = 169
Vic Satzewich
Part Iv. a European Comparison
11 The Netherlands: a Walhalla of Economic and Social Rights? = 189
Peter R. Baehr
Appendices
1 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights = 203
2 Excerpts from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's State of The Union Address, January 6, 1941 = 211
3 Excerpts from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's State of The Union Address, January 11, 1944 = 213
List of Abbreviations 915
Notes = 217
List of Contributors = 261
Index = 267
Acknowledgments 275
Rhoda E. Howard-hassmann and Claude E. Welch, Jr.
Part I. Philosophy, Law, and Politics of Economic Rights
1 Justifying Socioeconomic Rights = 25
Brian Orend
2 International Law of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights: a U.s. Perspective = 41
David Weissbrodt
3 on The Margins of The Human Rights Discourse: Foreign Policy and International Welfare Rights = 55
David P. Forsythe and Eric A. Heinze
Part Ii. Poverty
4 Homelessness in Canada and The United States = 73
Barbara Wake Carroll
5 Welfare Racism and Human Rights = 87
Kenneth J. Neubeck
6 The Movement to End Poverty in The United States = 103
Maly Bricker-jenkins and Willie Baptist
Part Iii. Contentious and Emerging Issues
7 So Close and Yet So Different: The Right to Health Care in The United States and Canada = 121
Virginia A. Leary
8 International Labor Rights and North American Labor Law = 137
James B. Atleson
9 Deconstructing Barriers: The Promise of Socioeconomic Rights for People With Disabilities in Canada = 149
Sarah Armstrong, Mindy Noble, and Pauline Rosenbaum
10 The Economic Rights of Migrant and Immigrant Workers in Canada and The United States = 169
Vic Satzewich
Part Iv. a European Comparison
11 The Netherlands: a Walhalla of Economic and Social Rights? = 189
Peter R. Baehr
Appendices
1 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights = 203
2 Excerpts from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's State of The Union Address, January 6, 1941 = 211
3 Excerpts from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's State of The Union Address, January 11, 1944 = 213
List of Abbreviations 915
Notes = 217
List of Contributors = 261
Index = 267
Acknowledgments 275