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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 of.

"Violations of the right to the physical integrity of the person, such as torture, cruel and unusual punishment, extra-judicial executions, disappearances, and political imprisonment have long been treated as an anomaly in democratically governed societies. In the current literature on human rights, violations of this right are by-and-large seen as the hallmark of autocratic and repressive regimes.This study takes on this dominant paradigm and shows not only that the common assumption that democratic countries effectively limit human rights abuse is simply wrong, but that its widely accepted theory of what drives human rights violations accounts for only a small part of these abuses at best. Haschke shows that despite the increasing numbers of countries that are democracies, and despite growing numbers of national signatories to international treaties prohibiting human rights abuse, the number of allegations has not declined. This book also demonstrates that the bulk of this abuse, which takes the form of torture and ill-treatment, extra-judicial killings, rape, and the like, is committed against marginal members of society, seeming to reveal environments that enable agents of the state to abuse those with whom they are in contact. This violence is found in democracies and dictatorships alike.This work will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations, human rights and comparative politics."--Provided by publisher.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Kesete, Semere -- Preface -- Chapter 1. The Thrill Is Gone -- Chapter 2. A Phenomenology of Joy as Transgressive Affect -- Chapter 3. Whither Joy? -- Chapter 4. Joyful Activists -- Chapter 5. Joyful Perpetrators -- Chapter 6. Joyful Martyrs -- Chapter 7. Human Rights Winners -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Acknowledgments

A radical vision for the future of human rights as a fundamentally reconfigured framework for global justice. "Reinventing Human Rights" offers a bold argument: that only a radically reformulated approach to human rights will prove adequate to confront and overcome the most consequential global problems. Charting a new path--away from either common critiques of the various incapacities of the international human rights system or advocacy for the status quo--Mark Goodale offers a new vision for human rights as a basis for collective action and moral renewal. Goodale's proposition to reinvent human rights begins with a deep unpacking of human rights institutionalism and political theory in order to give priority to the "practice of human rights." Rather than a priori claims to universality, he calls for a working theory of human rights defined by "translocality," a conceptual and ethical grounding that invites people to form alliances beyond established boundaries of community, nation, race, or religious identity. This book will serve as both a concrete blueprint and source of inspiration for those who want to preserve human rights as a key framework for confronting our manifold contemporary challenges, yet who agree--for many different reasons--that to do so requires radical reappraisal, imaginative reconceptualization, and a willingness to reinvent human rights as a cross-cultural foundation for both empowerment and social action.

Key Facts Key Cases: Human Rights will ensure you grasp the main concepts of your Human Rights module with ease. This book explains the facts and associated case law for:What human rights apply in the United Kingdom, Europe and other parts of the worldThe European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights ActHow the various rights, freedoms and prohibitions which now pervade English law operateHow rights affect important issues including discrimination, public order, police powers and terrorismHow human rights operate in the global and other continental regional contextsKey Facts Key Cas

This book explores the problematic relationship between human rights and their legal expression. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the authors scrutinise the extent to which legalisation shapes the human rights ideal, and survey the ethical,

Amnesty International, founded in 1961, had its work in Africa in the 1960s dominated by appeals on behalf of Africans opposing colonial rule. Now in the 1990s, the organisation mainly campaigns against human rights violations committed by military regimes and one‐party states.