Social Problems - A Human Rights Perspective

"This short book lays out a new definition for what constitutes a social problem: the violation of a group's human rights, which are understood as commonly upheld standards about what people deserve and should be protected from in life. Evaluating U.S. society from an international human rights perspective, Bonds also stresses that human rights are necessarily political and can therefore never be part of a purely objective exercise to assess wellbeing in a particular society. His approach recognizes thatthere is no one single interpretation of what rights mean, and that different groups with differing interests are going to promote divergent views, some better than others. This book is ideal for undergraduate sociology courses on social problems, as well as courses on social justice and human rights. "--

Product details

• Authors: Eric Bonds, Eric (University of Mary Washington) Bonds
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.07.2014
• EAN: 9780415737128
• ISBN: 978-0-415-73712-8
• No. of pages: 115
• Series: Framing 21st Century Social Issues; Framing 21st Century Social Issues
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system