From the office of the President SSF - US Chapter
SSF US Chapter President
http://www.unc.edu/~jrblau/
Judith_Blau@unc.edu
http://www.ssfthinktank.org/profile/JudithBlau
Dr. Judith Blau
Why Should Human Rights be Important to Sociologists?
In a world of exacerbated inequalities, runaway markets, and the merciless disregard of human dignity and security, sociologists will discover that a human rights perspective is useful if they are concerned about social, racial, gender and environmental justice, economic fairness, and equitable nation-states. This perspective holds that all humans are entitled to social, economic, housing, healthcare and political rights; to a cultural, racial, ethnic and sexual identity; and opposes discrimination against minorities and women. It is a subversive perspective, advocating deep forms of democracy and suspicious of capitalism that, by definition, exploits workers. [read more]
An invitation to American Sociologists...
Oddly, the most powerful, richest country in the world is estranged from worldwide commitments and endeavors to advance the rights of humans – their wellbeing, dignity, and human differences. [read more]