William T. Armaline Davita Silfen Glasberg Bandana Purkayastha
Most Americans assume that the United States provides a gold standard for human rights a 2007 survey found that 80 percent of U.S. adults believed that "the U.S. does a better job than most countries when it comes to protecting human rights." As well, discussions among scholars and public officials in the United States frame human rights issues as concerning people, policies, or practices "over there." By contrast, the contributors to this volume argue that many of the greatest immediate and structural threats to human rights, and some of the most significant efforts to realize human...
Most Americans assume that the United States provides a gold standard for human rights a 2007 survey found that 80 percent of U.S. adults believed ...
This book introduces readers to the many dimensions of historical and contemporary Indian transnationalism and the experiences of migrants and workers to reveal the structures of transnationalism and the ways in which Indian origin groups are affected. The concept of crossing borders emerges as an important theme, along with the interweaving of life in geographic and web spaces. The authors draw from a variety of archives and intellectual perspectives in order to map the narratives of Indian transnationalism and analyse the interplay of culture and structures within transnational...
This book introduces readers to the many dimensions of historical and contemporary Indian transnationalism and the experiences of migrants and workers...
