Restraining Equality Human Rig
by R Brian Howe;Robert Brian Johnson DavidHowe (9780802082633)

Restraining equality addresses the contemporary financial, social, legal, and policy pressures currently experienced by human rights commissions across Canada. Using a blend of public policy analysis, historical research, and legal analysis, Howe and Johnson trace the evolution of human rights policy within this country and explore the growing tensions between rights consciousness and the restraint of rights that have arisen over the past two decades.

The authors study these tensions and analyze their implications in relation to the delivery of equality rights in both federal and provincial jurisdictions since World War Two. Key features of the research include a series of interviews with human rights commission officials and a survey of advocacy groups, business organizations, and human rights staff concerning the performance of these commissions.

The empirical data are designed to probe the internal workings of human rights commissions and levels of satisfaction of their employees. Howe and Johnson analyze these commissions in light of the theoretical literature regarding the reinvention and reform of government, taking a clear stand in favour of the use of the reform thesis to understanding the current evolution of human rights policy.

Restraining Equality provides the reader with a blend of public policy, legal, and political analyses, as well as an historical review of human rights in Canada, that will appeal to students, advocacy groups, and bureaucrats.

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