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"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"--

Human rights --- Political sociology --- Social aspects --- Political sociology. --- Social science --- Social aspects. --- Sociology --- General. --- Human rights - Social aspects

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Human rights --- Cultural relativism --- Droits de l'homme (Droit international) --- Relativisme culturel --- Social aspects --- -Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Relativism, Cultural --- Ethnology --- Ethnopsychology --- Relativity --- Law and legislation --- Cultural relativism. --- Social aspects. --- -Social aspects --- -Relativism, Cultural --- Basic rights --- Human rights - Social aspects --- DROITS DE L'HOMME --- DROIT COMPARE

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"This edited volume offers original scholarship on economic and social human rights from leading and new cutting-edge scholars in the fields of economics, law, political science, sociology and anthropology. It analyzes the core economic and social rights and the crucial topic of non-discrimination, and includes an innovative section on 'meta' rights. The main chapters answer important questions about economic and social rights performance around the world by emphasizing the obstacles that prevent governments from fulfilling their obligations. The interdisciplinary analysis offers a detailed and up-to-date discussion to help scholars and policy makers find the best ways to instantiate economic and social rights. The authors examine the role of the associated obligations, and especially the obstacles to respect, protect and fulfil those obligations. The book's introductory and concluding chapters address conceptual issues and correct mistakes often made by critics of economic and social rights"--

Human rights --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Economic aspects. --- Social aspects. --- Law and legislation --- Economic aspects --- Social aspects --- Law --- General and Others --- Human rights - Economic aspects --- Human rights - Social aspects --- Etats-Unis --- Inde --- Afrique du Sud --- Ghana