Sovereignty transformed: A sociology of human rights

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 657-676

  Levy, Daniel ^a   Sznaider, Natan ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

Author keywords

Collective memory; Cosmopolitanism; Human rights; International law; Nation state; Sovereignty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SOCIOLOGY;

HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 34548388714     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2006.00130.x     Document Type: Article

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