02878nam 2200721Ia 450 991096987480332120250218212754.09780203008596978113423663311342366389781280150708128015070X97802030085910203008596(CKB)1000000000250706(EBL)214833(OCoLC)62286011(SSID)ssj0000299118(PQKBManifestationID)11232639(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000299118(PQKBWorkID)10238084(PQKB)11119693(SSID)ssj0000175022(PQKBManifestationID)11154347(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000175022(PQKBWorkID)10189216(PQKB)11553630(MiAaPQ)EBC214833(Au-PeEL)EBL214833(CaPaEBR)ebr10094952(CaONFJC)MIL15070(EXLCZ)99100000000025070620040827d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHuman rights /Anthony Woodiwiss1st ed.London Routledge20051 online resource (xvii, 174 pages)Key ideasDescription based upon print version record.9780415360685 0415360684 9780415360692 0415360692 Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-168) and index.Introduction: Rights and power -- Making rights -- The paradox of human rights -- Towards a sociology of rights -- From rights to liberty in England and the United States -- The comparative sociology of rights regimes -- From liberty to the 'rule of (property) law' in the United States -- Japan, the rule of law and the absence of liberty -- Righting the world? -- The United States and the invention of human rights -- The Warren Court: setting the international human rights agenda -- The United Nations and the internationalisation of American rights discourse -- Making an example of Japan -- The desire for equality and the emergence of a sociology for human rights -- Conclusion: for a new universalism.Drawing on resources in classical and contemporary social theory, and working through case studies of Britain, the United States and Japan, Anthony Woodiwiss provides, for the first time, a general sociological account of the development ofKey ideas.Human rightsHuman rights.323Woodiwiss Anthony553215MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910969874803321Human rights4324829UNINA