Human Rights

ISBN-13: 9780415360692 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 192 str.

Anthony Woodiwiss

Opis

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

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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