Blau (president, US chapter of Sociologists without Borders) and Moncada (president, Sociologists without Borders) counterpose the notion of collective freedom to individual liberal freedom and argues
Building on the materials of the first two volumes in their trilogy on human rights, in this third volume Blau and Moncada situate many of their arguments within the classical tradition of critical so
Sociologists Blau (U. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) and Moncada (U. of Madrid), both officers of Sociologists Without Borders, critically diagnose the Western liberal tradition, particularly the Amer
This book analyzes the complex relationship between human rights and liberalism as two different worldviews, and how American liberalism impedes the recognition of human rights. In order to achieve de
All populations, including people living in the United States experience new vulnerabilities with globalization. Peoples' jobs are threatened; there are pressures to migrate; and environmental degrada
Boldly declaring, "When it comes to having rights and freedoms, Americans are regrettably at least a quarter of a century behind most everyone else in the world," the authors (both affiliated with Soc
Although media and political figures frequently portray the United States as the most free country in the world and the leading exporter of freedom and democracy, Blau (U. of North Carolina at Chapel
Most Americans would be surprised to learn that their government has declined to join most other nations in UN treaties addressing inadequate housing, poverty, children's rights, health care, racial d
