Sociology and Human Rights : A Bill of Rights for the Twenty-First Century
ISBN: 9781412991384 | 1412991382
Format: PaperbackPublisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
Pub. Date: 5/11/2011
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An engaging collection that allows readers to compare constitutions, examine international human rights treaties, and delve into countries#xE2;#xAC;" histories.
This anthology examines the implications that human rights have for the social sciences. It discusses how the 1789 Bill of Rights of the US Constitution should be expanded to encompass fundamental human rights, as most other constitutions already have been. This collection has special relevance for sociologists because many implicitly assume positive human ... MORE
This anthology examines the implications that human rights have for the social sciences. It discusses how the 1789 Bill of Rights of the US Constitution should be expanded to encompass fundamental human rights, as most other constitutions already have been. This collection has special relevance for sociologists because many implicitly assume positive human ... MORE
| Foreword | p. vii |
| Preface | p. xiii |
| What Are Universal Human Rights? | p. 1 |
| Introduction | p. 3 |
| Deepening Civil and Political Rights | p. 15 |
| Ensuring Economic and Social Rights | p. 35 |
| Promoting Cultural Rights | p. 57 |
| Globalizing the Human Rights Perspective | p. 79 |
| Cooperating Around Environmental Rights | p. 103 |
| Comparing C... MORE | p. 129 |
| Citizenship, Identity, And Human Rights | p. 153 |
| Arizona's SB 1070: Setting Conditions for Violations of Human Rights Here and Beyond | p. 155 |
| Beyond Two Identities: Turkish Immigrants in Germany | p. 179 |
| Vulnerability And Human Rights | p. 199 |
| The Rights of Age: On Human Vulnerability | p. 201 |
| Children's Rights | p. 223 |
| The Global and the Local | p. 243 |
| Growing and Learning Human Rights | p. 245 |
| Going Forward | p. 271 |
| Index | p. 281 |
| About the Editors | p. 291 |
| About the Contributors | p. 293 |
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