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Foundations of U.S. sociology are deeply connected to questions surrounding human rights. Social movements have led to human rights. Disasters reveal strengths and weaknesses of human rights structures. Human rights are often undertaken by organizations. Politics surround human rights, influencing their implementation and progress. Sociology is well positioned to ask fundamental questions of human rights. In turn, our discipline may benefit from studying human rights.
Decolonizing Human Rights: A Path to Social Justice for All - Keri E. Iyall Smith, Suffolk University
Minority Rights and National Constitutions - Kiyoteru Tsutsui, University of Michigan; Matthias Koenig, University of Goettingen
Contemporary First Amendment Politics - Louis Edgar Esparza, California State University, Los Angeles
Beyond Publication: Harnessing Public Universities for Critical Human Rights Praxis - Davita Silfen Glasberg, University of Connecticut; William T. Armaline, San Jose State University