Human Rights
What the United States Might Learn from the Rest of the World and, Yes, from American Sociology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7101290 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Judith Blau (75 Summit Street Wellfleet Massachusetts 02667, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1126-1139 |
| Publication date | 2016-07-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Forum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0884-8971 • E-ISSN: 1573-7861 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/socf.12299 |
| OpenAlex | W2479883606 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 19 |
The U.S. Constitution includes civil and political rights—as individual rights—but does not include what is internationally understood to be “human rights,” namely rights we enjoy as equals, including economic, social, and cultural rights, and protections for vulnerable persons, such as children, minorities, mothers, and refugees. The United States has not ratified any international (United Nations) or regional (Organization of American States) human rights treaty, is not a party to the Rome Statute that established the International Criminal Court, and is no longer a member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. It might be concluded that Americans do not know what human rights are. It is more complicated than that. While opinion polls show that Americans often endorse individual rights—e. g., the rights of women—they do not frame them as being interdependent or being within the purview of government. Can we conclude that human rights have no place in the United States? Not at all. This article concludes by showing that many U.S. institutions of higher learning have programs in human rights and that some academic associations, including the American Sociological Association, recognize human rights
Constitution · Cultural rights · Fundamental rights · Human rights · International human rights law · Linguistic rights · Political science · Politics · Right to property · Rights of Nature · Sociology · Treaty · Academic Freedom and Politics · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Law · Political Science Research and Education
Human Rights as a Lay Category of Thought
Media Coverage of Human Rights in the USA and UK
Human Rights and Sociological Duties
Human Rights Matter
The U.S. Economic Polity, Social Identity, and International Human Rights
If Human Rights Mattered
De Jure vs. De Facto Rights
Failure to Protect
The Stateless Person, the Citizen and Human Rights
American Sociological Association
The Cold War Politicization of Literacy
Toward a New Sociology of Rights
It Ought to Be a Crime
Cultures of Denial
Public Support for International Human Rights Institutions
A Civil Religion for World Society
Opposition to Human Rights Treaties in the United States Senate
Human Rights and Public Opinion
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,9 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |