| Sociology and Human Rights: New Engagements Contributor(s): Hynes, Patricia (Editor), Lamb, Michele (Editor), Short, Damien (Editor) |
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ISBN: 041563430X ISBN-13: 9780415634304 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Civil Rights - Political Science | Human Rights - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: 323 |
| Physical Information: 218 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sociology and Human Rights: New Engagements is the first collection to focus on the contribution sociological approaches can make to 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 issues such as genocide in relation to indigenous peoples, rights-based approaches in development work, trafficking of children, and children's rights in relation to political struggles for the decriminalisation of same-sex sexual activity in India. It examines contexts ranging from Rwanda and South Korea to Northern Ireland and the city of Barcelona. The collection as a whole will be of interest to students and academics working in various disciplines such as politics, law and social policy, and to practitioners working on human rights for various governmental and non-governmental organisations, as well as to sociologists seeking to develop understanding of the sociology of human rights. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of Human Rights. |
