Introduction
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Section I Political Economy
1. Do we need rights – if so of what kind?
TED BENTON
2. Return of the proletariat? Pension rights and pension finance in an ageing society
ROBIN BLACKBURN
3. Developing an economic sociology of care and rights
MIRIAM GLUCKSMANN
Section II Status, Norms and Institutions
4. Citizenship, social rights and civic stratification
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5. ‘Women’s rights as human rights’: campaigns and concepts
DIANE ELSON
6. Human rights, anti-racism and EU advocacy coalitions
CARLO RUZZA
Section III Meaning and Interpretation
7. Rights, social theory and political philosophy: a framework for case study research
ROB STONES
8. Rights work: constructing lesbian, gay and sexual rights in late modern times
KEN PLUMMER
9. The sociology of indigenous people’s rights
COLIN SAMSON and DAMIEN SHORT
Section IV The Clash of Rights
10. Punishment, rights and justice
EAMONN CARRABINE
11. Mental Disorder and Human Rights
JOAN BUSFIELD
12. Free to Speak, Free to Hate?
PAUL IGANSKI
Conclusion
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Biography
Lydia Morris is a Professor in the Sociology Department at the University of Essex. Her recent research interest has been in the politics of migration in the EU, looking at citizenship, rights and inequality. Her recent publications include Managing Migration: Civic Stratification and Migrants' Rights (2002); Social Divisions (1995); Dangerous Classes (1994) and The Workings of the Household (1990).
'This is a timely and important book and should succeed in raising interest in the study of a sociology of rights.' - Sociology, Vol 4, Aug 2007
