Sociology for Human Rights: Approaches for Applying Theories and Methods

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As sociologists deepen their examinations of human rights in their teaching, research, and thinking, it is essential that such work is conducted in a manner that is both mindful and critical of the knowledge we are building upon in sociology and human rights. As the authors of this volume reveal, creating sociological knowledge that examines human rights for the expansion of human rights is something that sociologists are well equipped to undertake, whether through the use of mathematics, comparative-historical analysis, the study of emotions, conversations, or social psychology. In these chapters you will find the roots of the study of human rights deep within sociological research and thinking as well as emerging techniques that will push the discipline as it seeks to expand understanding of human rights together with so many other aspects of the social condition. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents 1 Introduction: Creating Knowledge About Human Rights Sociologically 2 Methodology 3 Mathematical Sociology 4 Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis 5 Comparative and Historical Sociology 6 Political Economy of the World-System 7 Social Psychology 8 Sociological Practice and Public Sociology 9 Teaching and Learning 10 History of Sociology 11 Theory 12 Emotions 13 Marxist Sociology Discussion Questions List of Acronyms Bibliography About the Contributors