Böcker av Anthony Woodiwiss

Torture against dissidents, the absence of voting rights in many countries and a host of other crimes would lead many to believe that the world has no human rights legislation. Anthony Woodiwiss explores how human rights can be made to work more effectively in all parts of the world.

This volume traces the development of Japanese labour law from the mid-19th century to the present and demonstrates how labour law and the development of Japanese trade unions has been related to the prevailing social, economic and political circumstances.

Social theory is central to the disciplines of sociology, cultural studies, criminology, and media studies. Treating theory as a variety of visual work, and with the help of diagrams and quotations, this book provides an introduction to different ways of practicing social theory. It is for students and researchers in sociology and related fields.

Drawing on resources in classical and contemporary social theory, and working through case studies of Britain, the United States and Japan, Woodiwiss provides a general sociological account of the development of human rights.