Sociology and Human Rights ─ A Bill of Rights for the Twenty-First Century

For undergraduate and graduate students in the social sciences, scholars, policy makers, and activists, Blau (social and economic justice, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Frezzo (sociology, U. of Mississippi) collect 13 articles on sociology and human rights. Specifically, sociologists and human rights scholars from the US discuss the human rights treaties that have shaped other countries' constitutional provisions, suggesting implications for the US Constitution, or an expanded Bill of Rights, that reflect recent changes in civil, political, economic, social, nondiscrimination, and other rights. They also cover the definition and foundation of human rights; the US context; categories like cultural, environmental, and children's rights; immigration rights in Arizona and Turkish immigrants in Germany; the origins and impact of key United Nations documents; the global perspective; the concept of vulnerability; and human rights learning. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)