Closing the Rights Gap: From Human Rights to Social Transformation | Hardcover

About this book Do human rights as embodied in constitutions national laws and international agreements foster improvements in the lives of the poor or otherwise marginalized populations When where how and under what conditions Closing the Rights Gap From Human Rights to Social Transformation systematically compares a range of case studies from around the world in order to clarify the conditions under which and institutions through which economic social and cultural rights are progressively realized in practice It concludes with testable hypotheses regarding how significant transformative change might occur as well as an agenda for future research to facilitate rights realization worldwide Do human rights as embodied in constitutions national laws and international agreementsfoster improvements in the lives of the poor or otherwise marginalized populations When where how and under what conditions Closing the Rights Gap From Human Rights to Social Transformation systematically compares a range of case studies from around the world in order to clarify the conditions under whichand institutions through whicheconomic social and cultural rights are progressively realized in practice It concludes with testable hypotheses regarding how significant transformative change might occur as well as an agenda for future research to facilitate rights realization worldwide Key highlights - Closing the Rights Gap From Human Rights to Social Transformation Related topics Non-Fiction, Readings/Anthologies/Collected Works, Sociology, UNIVERSITY PRESS, United States.