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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463971403321

Autore

Oomen Barbara

Titolo

Rights for others : the slow home-coming of human rights in the Netherlands / / Barbara Oomen, University College Roosevelt, Utrecht University and University of Amsterdam [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2014

ISBN

1-107-72098-2

1-139-89344-0

1-107-72803-7

1-107-73039-2

1-107-73214-X

1-107-72863-0

1-107-72402-3

1-107-32347-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 229 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in law and society

Disciplina

342.49208/5

Soggetti

Human rights - Netherlands

Civil rights - Netherlands

Human rights

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : the rights for others -- Internationalism as a constitutional identity -- Rights-free citizenship -- The struggle over human rights education -- A very un-Dutch case? -- Dealing with domestic violence the Dutch way -- Giving effect to social rights -- The rights of the reformed -- Conclusion : the contested home-coming of human rights.

Sommario/riassunto

Rights for Others is an empirical study of what happens when international human rights are applied domestically in The Netherlands. It tracks recent debates in Dutch society on citizenship and the rights of immigrants, and analyses the shift from the perception of human rights as a 'foreign policy concern' to the slow processes of homecoming in what has traditionally been a left-wing society, but now



includes many more right-wing political parties. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, Oomen combines insights from law, sociology and anthropology to explain how rights gain significance in framing social and political discussions. The book provides comprehensive coverage on relevant constitutional law, legal culture and rights realization as well as discussing case material on human rights education, polarization, socio-economic rights, domestic violence and the rights of minorities. This is an invaluable contribution to the global fields of human rights and socio-legal studies for scholars and researchers.