The Sociology of Human Rights
Mark. Frezzo
Bok Engelsk 2014 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Wiley, , 2014.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (325 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Background to the Book; Rethinking the Human Rights Canon; The Sociological Vision; Academic Disciplines and Human Rights Knowledge; Analysis and Advocacy in the Sociology of Human Rights; Universalism; Human Rights, Service-Learning, and Civic Engagement; Introduction: Thinking Sociologically about Human Rights; Fundamental Questions; An Invitation to Human Rights; A Dilemma in Human Rights; The Human Rights Community; The Human Rights Canon; Human Rights, Social Policy, and Law; Special Features of the Book; Chapter 1: Defining the Sociology of Human Rights. - A Research Agenda. - Discussion QuestionsChapter 6: Rights Bundles; Oxfam International, Amnesty International, and Rights Bundling; Alternative Development; Angles on Human Rights; Historical Origins of Rights Bundling; Why Do We Need Rights Bundles?; Poverty as a Human Rights Puzzle; Formulating Rights Bundles; Subsidiarity; Three Rights Bundles; Summary; Discussion Questions; Conclusion: An Agenda for the Sociology of Human Rights; Human Rights, Peace, and Development; Social Science and Human Values; Rethinking Development; Global Governance; Rights Conditions, Rights Claims, and Rights Effects. - Liberty, Equality, and the Legacy of the EnlightenmentHuman Rights and the Political Chessboard; The Two Covenants; The Relational Character of Human Rights; Economic and Social Rights in the US Context; Summary; Discussion Questions; Chapter 5: Rights to Culture, the Environment, and Sustainable Development; Solidarity or the Ties that Bind; Situating Collective Rights; Culture, Environment, and Development; The Specificity of Third-Generation Rights; Versions of Sustainable Development; Origins of Third-Generation Rights; Further Questions about Collective Rights; Summary. - The Sociological PerspectiveWhat Are Human Rights?; Negative Rights/Civil and Political Rights; Positive Rights/Economic and Social Rights; Cultural and Environmental Rights; Rights Bundling; What is the Sociology of Human Rights?; Sociological Angles on Human Rights; Major Concepts in the Sociology of Human Rights; Science, Values, and Rights Bundles; Globalization and Culture; Summary; Discussion Questions; Chapter 2: Classifying Human Rights; Why Do We Need to Rethink the Categories of Human Rights?; Sociological Perspectives; Lumping and Splitting in the Domain of Human Rights. - Two Ways of Classifying Human RightsSocial Movements, Policy, and Law; The Circulation of Human Rights; Summary; Discussion Questions; Chapter 3: Civil and Political Rights; Preliminary Questions about Civil and Political Rights; The Legacy of the Enlightenment and the Three-Generations Schema; Decolonization and Human Rights; The Bedrock of the Human Rights Canon?; The Role of the UN; Where Do Civil and Political Rights Fit?; Summary; Discussion Questions; Chapter 4: Economic and Social Rights; Economy and Society; Preliminary Questions about Economic and Social Rights. - Long the arena of philosophers, legal scholars, and political scientists, the interdisciplinary study of human rights has recently seen an influx of sociologists. Why is this so, and how do sociologists contribute to our understanding of human rights in the contemporary world? In this landmark new text, Mark Frezzo explores the sociological perspective on human rights, which he shows to be uniquely placed to illuminate the economic, political, social, and cultural conditions under which human rights norms and laws are devised, interpreted, implemented, and enforced. Sociologists treat human
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| ISBN | 9780745660110
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