Making Human Rights Work Globally

1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-1-904385-08-0
Verlag: Routledge-Cavendish

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 242 g

This book is one of the first studies in the new field of the sociology of human rights,and it centres its analysis on labour rights. Such rights are of critical importance in this field, work being the defining aspect of many peoples lives and a central concern of sociology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Woodiwiss, Anthony

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Human Rights as Means; Chapter 1 Therosing a Global Social Fact; Chapter 2 International Human Rights and the Silence Concerning Social Difference; Chapter 3 The Plural Forms of Labour Rights and the Possibility of Translation; Chapter 4 Making Human Rights Work in Familialist Societies; Chapter 5 Justiciability and the Need for Cosmopolitan ‘Core’ Labour Standards; Chapter 6 Making Labour Rights Justiciable in China; Chapter 7 Conclusion;

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony Woodiwiss