A sociological approach to human rights, showing how rights language is used to address structural injustices around the world.

Why do powerful states like the U.S., U.K., China, and Russia repeatedly fail to meet their international legal obligations as defined by human rights instrumen

Long the arena of philosophers, legal scholars, and political scientists, the interdisciplinary study of human rights has recently seen an influx of sociologist

Sociology and Human Rights: New Engagements is the first collection to focus on the contribution sociological approaches can make to analysis of human rights. T

This book examines discourses of rights and practices of resistance in post-conflict societies, exploring the interaction between the international human rights