Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Constituting Human Rights in the US by Keri E. Iyall Smith
WHAT’S GOING ON?
2. Why Revise by Judith R. Blau
3. Beginning the World Again: Social Movements and the Challenge of Constitutional Change by Ben Manski
4. A Place Called Liberty by Rodney D. Coates
CLAIMING OUR RIGHTS
5. Wherefore "The Despotism of the Petticoat"? American Women, Gender, and Constitutional Omissions by Susan C. Pearce and Kathleen B. Basile
6. Human Dignity and Equality: Freedoms and Rights, Protection, Fairness, and Security by Judith R. Blau
7. Beyond Welfare, Workfare, and Employment: For a Basic Income as a Constitutional Amendment by Steven Panageotou
8. Preserving Economic Security: Housing, Food, and Medical Care by Steven Foy
9. What Latin America and the Caribbean Teach the United States about Constitutionalizing Environmental Human Rights by K. Russell Shekha and Leah Edwards
10. Revise Now! by Judith R. Blau
TOWARDS ACTION
11. Why a Sociology of Human Rights? by Mark Frezzo
12. The Constitution Project: Implementing a Group Projects Structure by Davita Silfen Glasberg
13. For a Decolonized US Constitution – Keri E. Iyall Smith
14. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights as Constitutional Model by Zachary Elkins, Tom Ginsberg and James Melton
15. Rewrite for Rights: Creating a Modern Constitution by Judith R. Blau
Appendix 1. Bill of Rights and Subsequent Amendments
Appendix 2. Universal Declaration of Human Rights