Handbook of Sociology and Human Rights |
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| Editor:
| Brunsma, David L.
Gran, Brian K.
Iyall Smith, Keri E. |
| Series title: | Paradigm Handbooks Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61205-220-5 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2013 |
| Publisher: | Paradigm Publishers
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $195.00 |
Book Description:
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Long the province of international law, human rights now enjoys a renaissance of studies and new perspectives from the social sciences. This landmark book is the first to synthesize and comprehensively evaluate this body of work. It fosters an interdisciplinary, international, and critical engagement both in the social study of human rights and the establishment of a human rights approach throughout the field of sociology. Sociological perspectives bring new questions to the...
More DescriptionLong the province of international law, human rights now enjoys a renaissance of studies and new perspectives from the social sciences. This landmark book is the first to synthesize and comprehensively evaluate this body of work. It fosters an interdisciplinary, international, and critical engagement both in the social study of human rights and the establishment of a human rights approach throughout the field of sociology. Sociological perspectives bring new questions to the interdisciplinary study of human rights, as amply illustrated in this book. The Handbook is indispensable to any interdisciplinary collection on human rights or on sociology.
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