When we organized a series of colloquia on the theme of social rights and markets in
Glasgow in 2012, it was with the explicit intention to explore whether such a relationship …

Fernando Atria argues that the radical potential of social (or positive) rights is undermined
when they are (mis) understood as differing from individual) or negative) rights only in their …

Contemporary conceptions of social rights tend to be prospective and aspirational rather
than grounded in the law as it actually is. Central to these conceptions–and to Fernando …

By posing the question in this way, Atria presents it as an issue of the formal (equal) status of
individuals as bearers of rights and substantive limits upon the expression of those rights …

'All rights are social'seem to be the common thread running through the three comments. In
a way, this is exactly what one would say if Marshall's progression from civil to political and …

Although the study of citizenship has been an important development in contemporary
sociology, the nature of rights has been largely ignored. The analysis of human rights …

One major objection to social rights is a failure of determining which precise social and
economic claims should be granted rights status. The social rights debate has grappled with …

This book examines the contribution social theory can make to understanding different
human rights which operate in a variety of settings. Including an introduction to the …

Exploring Social Rights looks into the theoretical and practical implications of social rights.
The book is organised in five parts. Part I considers theoretical aspects of social rights, and …

This chapter responds to a fundamental challenge made against social rights: that they are
an inadequate legal and political language to address widening income and wealth …