Sociology and Human Rights is the first collection to focus on the contribution that sociological approaches can make to the analysis of human rights. Taking forward the sociology of human rights which emerged from the 1990s, it presents innovative analyses of global human rights struggles by new and established authors. The collection includes a range of new work addressing a variety of issues such as the meanings of a ~cultural genocidea (TM) in relation to indigenous peoples, of a ~rights-based approachesa (TM) in development work, and of childhood and a ~childrena (TM)s rightsa (TM) in...
Sociology and Human Rights is the first collection to focus on the contribution that sociological approaches can make to the analysis of human rights....
New Directions in the Sociology of Human Rights is a contribution to both sociology and to human rights research, particularly where these are directed towards challenging power relations and inequalities in contemporary societies. It expands and develops the sociology of human rights as a sub-field of sociology and interdisciplinary human rights scholarship. The volume suggests new directions for the use of social and sociological theories in the analysis of issues such as torture and genocide and addresses a number of themes which have not previously been a sustained focus in the...
New Directions in the Sociology of Human Rights is a contribution to both sociology and to human rights research, particularly where these are dire...
