Making Human Rights Work Globally

by Anthony Woodiwiss

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781904385080
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/02/2003
Series:	Glasshouse S
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)

Table of Contents

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;