selected scholarly activity
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books
- In Defense of Universal Human Rights 2018
- State Food Crimes 2016
- Introduction: The Human Right to Citizenship 2015
- Can Globalization Promote Human Rights? 2015
- The human right to citizenship a slippery concept 2015
- Reparations to Africa 2011
- Economic rights in Canada and the United States 2010
- Looking at ourselves 2010
- The Age of Apology Facing Up to the Past 2008
- Reparation as luxury or as basic need: atonement for canadians, redistribution for Africa. Ed. 18. 2006
- Compassionate Canadians 2003
- Compassionate Canadians Civic Leaders Discuss Human Rights 2003
- Human Rights and the Search for Community 1995
- International Handbook of Human Rights 1987
- Human Rights in Commonwealth Africa 1986
- Colonialism and underdevelopment in Ghana 1978
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chapters
- Social Responsibility. 1931-1936. 2024
- Social Responsibility. 1-6. 2023
- Constraints on Economic Inequality: Comparing Canada and the United States. 63-84. 2021
- Human rights and inequality. 249-263. 2020
- Additional Resources. vii-vii. 2018
- Books in the Canadian Commentaries Series. 162-162. 2018
- Introduction. 1-18. 2018
- Liberalism, Social Democracy, and Human Rights. 121-132. 2018
- Preface. ix-x. 2018
- Rights Inflation in Canada. 19-77. 2018
- 10. State Enslavement In North Korea. 255-278. 2018
- State Enslavement in North Korea. 255-278. 2017
- Human rights contraction: sovereignty and denial of the right to food. 236-252. 2017
- Official Apologies. 247-264. 2016
- 1 Human Rights and Globalization. 1-17. 2015
- 2 Globalization, Poverty, and Inequality. 18-32. 2015
- 3 Global Neoliberalism. 33-48. 2015
- 4 A Positive Model. 49-65. 2015
- 5 Negative Models. 66-82. 2015
- 6 Global Human Rights Governance. 83-98. 2015
- 7 Civil Society. 99-114. 2015
- 8 The Politics of Resentment. 115-130. 2015
- 9 The Primacy of Politics. 131-150. 2015
- List of Acronyms. xii-xiii. 2015
- Historical Amnesia, Genocide, and the Rejection of Universal Human Rights. 172-182. 2014
- Social Change and Human Rights. 977-993. 2014
- The Yellow Sweatshirt: Human Dignity and Economic Human Rights in Advanced Industrial Democracies. 25-45. 2011
- An Airborne Disease: Globalization through African Eyes. 241-258. 2010
- Public Sociology and Universal Human Rights 2009
- 1. Reparations to Africa: A New Kind of Justice. 1-18. 2008
- 10. Remedies: Acknowledgment and Apologies. 139-153. 2008
- 11. Remedies: A Truth Commission for Africa?. 154-166. 2008
- 12. Remedies: Economic Rights and Universal Obligations. 167-184. 2008
- 2. African Voices. 19-25. 2008
- 3. Genesis of the Reparations Movement. 26-41. 2008
- 4. The Social Movement for Reparations to Africa: Comparison to Holocaust Reparations. 42-59. 2008
- 5. Reparations for the Slave Trade: Law and Rhetoric. 60-70. 2008
- 6. Reparations for the Slave Trade: Historical Debates. 71-87. 2008
- 7. Reparations for Colonialism. 88-105. 2008
- 8. Neocolonialism and Globalization. 106-123. 2008
- 9. Postcolonial Relations, Postcolonial Crimes. 124-138. 2008
- Bibliography. 219-240. 2008
- Public Policy and Economic Rights in Ghana and Uganda. 325-344. 2007
- Introduction. Looking at Ourselves. 1-22. 2006
- Between Cosmopolitan Ideals and State Sovereignty. 64-74. 2006
- Justice for Africa. 64-74. 2006
- Moral Integrity and Reparations to Africa. 341-367. 2003
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journal articles
- Time for Reparations: A Global Perspective eds. by Jacqueline Bhabha, Margareta Matache & Caroline Elkins (review). Human Rights Quarterly. 45:722-729. 2023
- Human rights, human goods, universality, and colonialism. Journal of Human Rights. 22:580-587. 2023
- Article by Article: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights for a New Generation by Johannes Morsink. Human Rights Review. 23:443-445. 2022
- Ideacide: How On-Line Petitions and Open Letters Undermine Academic Freedom and Free Expression. Human Rights Quarterly. 44:451-475. 2022
- Should the USA Offer Reparations to Africa for the Transatlantic Slave Trade?. Society. 59:339-348. 2022
- A new hope for human rights. Journal of Human Rights. 20:503-509. 2021
- Fully human: Personhood, citizenship, and rights. Journal of Human Rights. 20:503-509. 2021
- Joyful human rights. Journal of Human Rights. 20:503-509. 2021
- Rights make might: Global human rights and minority social movements in Japan. Journal of Human Rights. 20:503-509. 2021
- In Praise of Secularism: An Appreciation of Reza Afshari. Human Rights Quarterly. 41:195-199. 2019
- Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World by Samuel Moyn. Human Rights Quarterly. 41:515-527. 2019
- Statelessness in the Caribbean: The Paradox of Belonging in a Postnational World by Kristy A. Belton. Human Rights Quarterly. 40:707-709. 2018
- The “Quebec Values” Debate of 2013: Minority vs. Collective Rights. Human Rights Quarterly. 40:144-167. 2018
- Prosecuting Corporations for GenocideMichael J Kelly. Holocaust and Genocide Studies. 31:500-502. 2017
- Human Rights or Global Capitalism: The Limits of Privatization by Manfred Nowak. Human Rights Quarterly. 39:1002-1006. 2017
- Rightlessness in an Age of Rights: Hannah Arendt and the Contemporary Struggles of Migrants by Ayten Gündoğdu. Human Rights Quarterly. 39:755-758. 2017
- The Right to Food Under Hugo Chávez. Human Rights Quarterly. 37:1024-1045. 2015
- How to Accept German Reparations by Susan Slyomovics (review). Human Rights Quarterly. 37:244-246. 2015
- The Charlie Hebdo Murders and Freedom of Speech. Hein Online. 457-457. 2015
- Guilt, Reparations, and WWII Perpetrators. International Studies Review. 16:690-692. 2014
- NORTH KOREA: A CASE FOR A NEW INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD. Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law. 15:31-50. 2014
- Reconsidering the Right to Own Property. Journal of Human Rights. 12:180-197. 2013
- State-Induced Famine and Penal Starvation in North Korea. Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal. 7:147-165. 2012
- The Skeptical Forsythe: Peace, Human Rights, and Realpolitik. Journal of Human Rights. 11:356-359. 2012
- Sexual Violence against Jewish Women During the Holocaust. Journal of Genocide Research. 14:247-250. 2012
- Human Security: Undermining Human Rights?. Human Rights Quarterly. 34:88-112. 2012
- State-Induced Famine and Penal Starvation in North Korea. Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal. 7:147-165. 2012
- Faminogenesis: State Policies That Undermine the Right to Food. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights. 29:560-577. 2011
- Accentuating the Negative: Reply to Hertel and Arat. Journal of Human Rights. 10:467-476. 2011
- Universal Women's Rights Since 1970: The Centrality of Autonomy and Agency. Journal of Human Rights. 10:433-449. 2011
- Civilising Globalisation: Human Rights and the Global Economy. By David Kinley. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. 256p. $39.99.. Perspectives on Politics. 8:1195-1196. 2010
- Waging War, Making Peace: Reparations and Human Rights. Journal of Genocide Research. 12:265-270. 2010
- Mugabe's Zimbabwe, 2000-2009: Massive Human Rights Violations and the Failure to Protect. Human Rights Quarterly. 32:898-920. 2010
- Book reviews. Journal of Contemporary African Studies : JCAS. 27:243-255. 2009
- Reply to Paul O'Connell's Article on Neo-liberal Globalisation and Human Rights. Human Rights Law Review. 9:127-133. 2009
- Framing Reparations Claims: Differences between the African and Jewish Social Movements for Reparations. African Studies Review. 50:27-48. 2007
- Genocide and state-induced famine: Global ethics and western responsibility for mass atrocities in Africa. International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology. 103:237-266. 2007
- Reparations for the Slave Trade: Rhetoric, Law, History and Political Realities. Canadian Journal of African Studies. 41:427-454. 2007
- Reply to Adamantia Pollis. Human Rights Quarterly. 28:277-278. 2006
- The Second Great Transformation: Human Rights Leapfrogging in the Era of Globalization. Human Rights Quarterly. 27:1-40. 2005
- A Truth Commission for Africa?. International Journal. 60:999-999. 2005
- Africans on Reparations: An Analysis of Elite and Activist Opinion. Canadian Journal of African Studies. 39:517-548. 2005
- Genocide and State-Induced Famine: Global Ethics and Western Responsibility for Mass Atrocities in Africa. Perspectives on Global Development and Technology. 4:487-516. 2005
- Under Strain: Human Rights and International Law in the Post 9/11 Era. Journal of Human Rights. 4:61-71. 2005
- Getting to Reparations: Japanese Americans and African Americans. Social Forces. 83:823-840. 2004
- Culture, human rights, and the politics of resentment in the era of globalization. Human Rights Review. 6:5-26. 2004
- Abdullahi A. An-Na'im, ed. Cultural Transformation and Human Rights in Africa. London: Zed Books, 2002. Distributed by St. Martin's Press, x + 269 pp. Tables. Notes. References. Index. $69.95. Cloth. $27.50. Paper. - Abdullahi A. An-Na'im, ed. Human Rights under African Constitutions. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003. x + 434 pp. Index. Price not reported. Cloth.. African Studies Review. 47:237-239. 2004
- The flogging of Bariya Magazu: Nigerian politics, Canadian pressures, and women’s and children’s rights. Journal of Human Rights. 3:3-20. 2004
- Reparations to Africa and the Group of Eminent Persons*. Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines. 44:81-97. 2004
- The Gay Cousin. Journal of Homosexuality. 42:127-149. 2002
- Beyond Rights Talk and Culture Talk: Comparative Essays on the Politics of Rights and Culture. African Studies Review. 44:148-148. 2001
- Culture, Citizenship and Community: A Contextual Exploration of Justice as Evenhandedness (review). Human Rights Quarterly. 23:467-470. 2001
- Gay Rights and the Right to a Family: Conflicts Between Liberal and Illiberal Belief Systems. Human Rights Quarterly. 23:73-95. 2001
- Moral Integrity and Reparations to Africa. Human Rights in Development Online. 7:339-367. 2001
- Multiculturalism, Human Rights, and Cultural Relativism: Canadian Civic Leaders Discuss Women's Rights and Gay and Lesbian Rights. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights. 18:493-514. 2000
- Rebuttal to Abu-Laban and Stasiulis. Canadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques. 26:489-489. 2000
- Sociology. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 571:228-229. 2000
- Canadians Discuss Freedom of Speech: Individual Rights Versus Group Protection. International Journal on Minority and Group Rights. 7:109-138. 2000
- Canadians discuss freedom of speech: Individual rights versus group protection. International Journal on Minority and Group Rights. 7:109-138. 2000
- IDENTITY, EMPATHY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 2000
- Turnstile Immigration: Multiculturalism, Social Order and Social Justice in Canada. Canadian Journal of Sociology. 25:114-114. 2000
- "Canadian" as an Ethnic Category: Implications for Multiculturalism and National Unity. Canadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques. 25:523-523. 1999
- Pauline Jewett. Canadian Public Administration. 42:580-582. 1999
- "Canadian" as an ethnic category: Implications for IV lulticulturalism and national unity. Canadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques. 25:534-537. 1999
- Book Review: No Greater Love: How My Family Survived the Genocide in Rwanda. Heroism Science: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 4.
- Official Apologies. Transitional justice review. 1-25.