On the Sociology of Human Rights: Theorising the Language-structure of Rights

Sociology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 829-843

  O'Byrne, Darren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

human rights; language structure; sociological theory; sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867372912     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038512450808     Document Type: Article

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