Human rights are increasingly described as being in crisis. But are human rights really on
the verge of disappearing? Human Rights Transformation in Practice argues that it is …

This chapter addresses the radical potential of human rights. It sketches the contours of the
idea of 'righting', which is the resistant excess of human rights. Righting describes the …

This paper seeks to analyse the contribution of a human rights perspective to emancipatory
social work. Human rights practice builds on long-standing values and theoretical …

This article explores the dilemmas of the sociology of human rights–a growing field of
academic research. Sociologists are increasingly conceptualizing poverty, global economic …

Paradoxically, the political success of human rights is often taken to be its philosophical
failing. From US interventions to International NGOs to indigenous movements, human rights …

There is a marked disjuncture today between the generalized critique and rejection of
human rights by many progressive and critical commentators, and the embrace of the …

Many constitutions that enshrine socio-economic rights (SER) link them textually with a
statement of democratic principles. For instance, section 1 of the South African Constitution …

Through mapping the rights discourse and the transformations in transnational finance
capitalism since the world wars, and interrogating the connections between the two, Radha …