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International Sociology

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First published online 2009-03

Review: Violence and Vulnerability: Bryan S. Turner,Vulnerability and Human Rights. University Park: Pennsylvania University Press,2006,156 pp.,ISBN 0271029234,US$19.95. Anthony Woodiwiss,Human Rights. London and New York: Routledge,2005,174 pp.,ISBN 0415360684 (hbk),0415360692 (pbk),£17.99

Volume 24, Issue 2

https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809090240020702

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Keywords

humanity human rights human vulnerability sociology of rights world society

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Turner, B.S. (1984) The Body and Society. Oxford : Blackwell.

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Turner, B.S. (1993) `Outline of a General Theory of Human Rights', Sociology 27(3): 489-512.

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Woodiwiss, A. (1998) Globalisation, Human Rights and Labour Law in Pacific Asia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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