Making human rights work globally / Anthony Woodiwiss.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-129) and index.

Introduction: Human rights as means -- The need for a sociology of human rights -- An outline of the argument -- Theorising a global social fact -- Overcoming the reticence of sociology -- Theory and the recognition of social difference -- International human rights and the silence concerning social difference -- The birth of international human rights discourse -- Making human rights enforceable -- The juridification of human rights discourse -- The plural forms of labour rights and the possibility of translation -- Liberal democracy, socialism and labour rights -- Early industrialisers -- Late industrialisers -- Making human rights work in familialist societies -- Reconciling familialism and human rights -- Late industrialisation, familialism and the development of labour rights -- Post-colonial industrialisation, familialism and labour rights -- Justiciability and the need for cosmopolitan 'core' labour standards -- The construction of an Ameri-centric core -- The primacy of the ethical dimension -- Towards a hybrid core -- The need for 'just and favourable conditions at work' -- Making labour rights justiciable in China -- Human rights as an iron rice bowl -- Guangdong and the 'open door' -- Company law, employment law and the justiciability of labour rights -- Justiciability in Guangdong Province -- Workplace culture and justiciability -- Conclusion: Making work for human rights -- Postscript: 10 May 2003.

"This book is one of the first studies in the new field of the sociology of human rights, and it centres its analysis on labour rights. Such rights are of critical importance in this field, work being the defining aspect of many people's lives and a central concern of sociology." "The principal aims of this study are to identify the aspects of established human rights practice that make the global enforcement of human rights as they relate to labour currently so problematic and to propose practical solutions to these problems. It evaluates developments within human rights discourse in the UN, the WTO and a diverse array of countries, including the UK, the US, China, France, Sweden, Australia, Japan, Argentina, Brazil, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore."

"This book will be of interest to those in the fields of labour law, sociology, industrial relations, human rights, and international law."--Jacket

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