Human Rights Of, By, and For the People: How to Critique and Change the US Constitution

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Constituting Human Rights in the US -- What is the Best Constitution? -- A Path to Change -- CVS -- Note -- References -- Part I What's Going On? -- 2 Why Revise? -- What are Human Rights? -- Generations of Rights -- Struggle for Human Rights in the US -- Civil and Political Rights -- Checks and Balances? Or Watch your Back? -- Subversive Tradition -- Human Rights -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3 Beginning the World Again: Social Movements and the Challenge ... -- The Clamor for Constitutional Change -- Constitution Making 101 for Human Rights Advocates -- A History of Amending America -- Amending Society by Amending the Constitution -- Notes -- References -- 4 A Place Called Liberty -- Toward an Imperfect Union -- Americas-Encounters and Discoveries -- Frontiers -- Borders -- A New Bill of Rights -- Notes -- References -- Part II Claiming Our Rights -- 5 Wherefore "The Despotism of the Petticoat"?: American Women ... -- Women and Rights: A History -- The Vote: Women's First and Only Constitutional Amendment -- After the Franchise: The ERA -- Twentieth-Century Treaties and Normative Shifts -- CEDAW -- Constitutional Change and the Myth of Advancement -- Gender and Sexuality Inclusions -- Sociology Students "Re-vision" the US Constitution -- Comparing Constitutions -- Student Proposals -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 6 Human Dignity and Equality: Freedoms and Rights, Protection ... -- The Year, 2015 -- Elaboration -- Human Rights: A Background -- Freedoms and Rights: Number of Constitutions (out of 194) and Examples -- Protections: Number of Constitutions (out of 194) and Examples -- Fairness: Number of Constitutions (out of 194) and Examples

Security: Number of Constitutions (out of 194) and Examples -- Discussion -- Notes -- References -- 7 Beyond Welfare, Workfare, and Employment: For a Basic Income as a Constitutional Amendment -- The Rise and Fall of the Welfare State -- From Welfare to Workfare -- The Future of Employment -- Conclusion: Towards a Basic Income -- Note -- References -- 8 Preserving Economic Security: Housing, Food, and Medical Care -- Issue 1: Access to Affordable Housing -- Representing Access to Affordable Housing as a Luxury -- The Right to Housing in International Constitutions -- Issue 2: Access to Food Security -- Representing Food Security as a Luxury -- The Right to Food Security in International Constitutions -- Issue 3: Access to Affordable Medical Care -- Representing Medical Care as a Luxury -- The Right to Medical Care in International Constitutions -- How it will Work -- References -- 9 What Latin America and the Caribbean Teach the United States ... -- Constitutional Environmental Rights in the Americas -- Protection of the Environment -- Ecuador -- Bolivia -- Why Constitutional Environmental Rights in the US? -- Notes -- References -- 10 Revise Now! -- Background: Inequality and Climate Change in the US -- Inequality: Projections -- Climate Change: Projections -- Inequality and Human Rights -- Who Causes Climate Change? -- Inequalities and Climate Change -- Conclusions: Other Countries' Constitutions and the US Constitution -- Notes -- References -- Part III Towards Action -- 11 Why A Sociology of Human Rights? -- Sociology and Constitutional Reform -- Human Rights and the Academy in the United States -- Sociology and Human Rights -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 12 The Constitution Project: Implementing a Group Projects Structure -- Structuring the Constitution Project for the Classroom -- The Assignment -- Challenges and Discoveries

Conclusion: What We Have Seen Can't Be Unseen: So What Next? -- References -- 13 For a Decolonized US Constitution -- Decolonizing Our Minds -- Kinship -- Leadership Traits -- Equality -- Restorative Justice -- Nature -- In Contrast -- Collaborative or Adversarial -- Adversarial -- Models for a Decolonized Constitution -- How Can We Proceed? -- Notes -- References -- 14 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a Constitutional Model -- Drafting the UDHR -- Reflective versus Formative Events -- Conceptual Challenges to Analyzing Rights (A Short Digression) -- The Growth and Spread of Rights: UDHR in Historical Perspective -- Norm Crystallization (Rights Concentration) -- Innovation (Rights Proliferation) -- The UDHR and the Concentration and Proliferation of Rights -- Projection of the UDHR onto Subsequent Constitutions -- Conclusion: What Would Constitutions Look Like Today Without the UDHR? -- Notes -- References -- 15 Rewrite for Rights: Creating a Modern Constitution -- Appendix 1 Bill of Rights and Subsequent Amendments (Abbreviated) -- Appendix 2 Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Adopted and Proclaimed ... -- Index