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The Political Science Shelf
Midwest Book Review
2000/03/02
America Needs Human Rights
Anuradha Mittal & Peter Rosset, eds.
Food First
398 60th St., Oakland, CA 94618
0-935028-72-2 $13.95 foodfirst.org
In America Needs Human Rights, the contributors maintain that every
man, woman
and child living in the U.S. should have access to the wealth and resources
clearly extent in the country. but while the wealthy grow richer, millions
of
poor working Americans grope for their infinitesimal share of the bounty.
Hunger affects an estimated thirty-six million Americans (fourteen million
of
whom are children). One in five children under the age of five live in
poverty
-- the highest rate among industrialized countries. The number of uninsured
Americas now exceeds 44.3 million. America Needs Human Rights is a clarion
call
and persuasive argument to reverse the political (and personal) priorities
that
have resulted in such dismay statistics. America Needs Human Rights is
highly
recommended reading for students of political science, economics, social
issues, and American sociological trends for the 21st century.
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