Anthony Woodiwiss

Human Rights (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on resources in classical and contemporary social theory and working through case studies of Britain, the US and Japan, Woodiwiss provides, for the first time, a general sociological account of the development of human rights.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134236633
• Artikelnr.: 38248276

Autorenporträt

Anthony Woodiwiss is Professor and head of department for Sociology, at City University, London.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Making Rights 1. The Paradox of Human Rights 2. Towards a Sociology
of Rights 3. From Rights to Liberty in England and the United States 4. The
Comparative Sociology of Rights Regimes 5. From Liberty to the Rule of
(Property) Law in the United States 6. Japan, the Rule of Law and the
Absence of Liberty Part 2: Righting The World? 7. The United States and the
Invention of Human Rights 8. The Warren Court: Setting the International
Agenda 9. The United Nations and the Internationalization of American
Rights Discourse 10. Making an Example of Japan 11. The Desire for Equality
and the Emergence of a Sociology for Human Rights. Conclusion: For a New
Universalism