Rights Sociological Perspectives

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Sociology and rights - an emergents field......Page 14
Part I Political economy and rights......Page 30
1 Do we need rights?......Page 34
2 Return of the proletariat?......Page 50
3 Developing an economic sociology of care and rights......Page 68
Part II Status, norms and institutions......Page 86
4 Social rights, trans-national rights and civic stratification......Page 90
5 'Women's rights are human rights'......Page 107
6 Human rights, anti-racism and EU advocacy coalitions......Page 124
Part III Meaning, interpretation and rights......Page 142
7 Rights, social theory and political philosophy......Page 146
8 Rights work......Page 165
9 The sociology of indigenous peoples' rights......Page 181
Part IV The clash of rights......Page 200
10 Punishment, rights and justice......Page 204
11 Mental disorder and human rights......Page 222
12 Free to speak, free to hate?......Page 237
A foundation for rights or theories of practice?......Page 253
Bibliography......Page 266
Index......Page 293