Human rights and social theory
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Human rights and social theory
（Themes in social theory）（Traditions in social theory）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
- : pbk.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-186) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book examines the contribution social theory can make to understanding different human rights which operate in a variety of settings. Including an introduction to the theoretical issues raised by the study of rights, it covers a range of individual and collective rights, illuminating the relationship between social theory and human rights.
Table of Contents
1. Understanding Torture: the Strengths and the Limits of Social Theory
2. Civil and Political Rights and the Human Condition
3. The Community of Rights: Membership, Rights and Recognition
4. Human Rights as Trans-national Rights: Migration and Asylum
5. The Culture of Rights, and Rights to Culture
6. The Rights of Distant Others.
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