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When misfortune becomes injustice : evolving human rights struggles for health and social equality / Alicia Ely Yamin.
"This book surveys the progress and challenges in deploying human rights to advance health and social equality over recent decades, with a focus on women's health and rights.Yamin waves together theory and firsthand experience in a compelling narrative of how evolving legal norms, empirical knowledge, and development paradigms have interacted in the realization of health rights."--book cover
Record details
- ISBN: 9781503611306
- ISBN: 1503611302
- Physical Description: xv, 290 pages ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2020]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-268) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : allegorizing the world -- Indignation and injustice -- The significances of suffering -- Diverging parables of progress -- Dystopian modernization -- Globalizing crises, pandemics, and norms -- Inequality, democracy, and health rights -- Power, politics, and knowledge -- Conclusions : turning toward the world we want. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lansdowne Library | K 3260.3 Y39 2020 (Text) | 26040003396864 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
