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020			_a9780521148474 (pb)
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _dDLC _dEG-ScBUE
082	0	4	_a306.2 _222 _bNAS
100	1		_aNash, Kate, _d1958- _913424
245	1	4	_aThe political sociology of human rights / _cKate Nash.
260			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2015.
300			_ax, 224 p. ; _c24 cm.
490	0		_aKey topics in sociology.
500			_aIndex : p. [215]-224.
504			_aBibliography : p. 193-214.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: 1. The social construction of human rights; 2. (A) human rights movement(s) and other organisations; 3. States of human rights; 4. The United Nations: not a world state; 5. Humanising capitalism; 6. Women's rights are human rights; 7. Do migrants have rights?; 8. What works? Paradoxes in the human rights field.
520			_a"The language of human rights is the most prominent 'people-centred' language of global justice today. This textbook looks at how human rights are constructed at local, national, international and transnational levels and considers commonalities and differences around the world. Through discussions of key debates in the interdisciplinary study of human rights, the book develops its themes by considering examples of human rights advocacy in international organisations, national states and local grassroots movements. Case studies relating to specific organisations and institutions illustrate how human rights are being used to address structural injustices: imperialist geopolitics, authoritarianism and corruption, inequalities created by 'freeing' markets, dangers faced by transnational migrants as a result of the securitization of borders, and violence against women"--
650		7	_aHuman rights _xSocial aspects. _2BUEsh _939971
650		7	_aPolitical sociology. _2BUEsh _911062
653			_bBUSBOL _cMay2016
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