Book chapter
Social Psychology
Handbook of Sociology and Human Rights, pp.384-393
Paradigm Publishers
2013
Abstract
Based on the foundational work of sociologist Immanuel Wallerstein, political economy of the world-system argues that the major political and economic events in individual countries result from the historical growth and change of the global capitalist system. Precisely because political economy of the world-system examines cross-national trends in social inequality, some sociologists find it puzzling that the theory is rarely used to explain human rights violations. This chapter extends political economy of the world-system further into the sociology of human rights using the literature on the world-system's environmental impact. Building on the insights from the political economy of the world-system literature, proposes a social-ecological theory of human rights. Social-ecological theory's insights contribute both to the political economy of the world-system and the sociology of human rights. The political economy of the world-system, highlights the fact that globalization polarizes peripheral and semiperipheral areas by creating core regions within them.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Social Psychology
- Creators
- Steven Hitlin - University of Iowa, Sociology and CriminologyMatthew Andersson
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Handbook of Sociology and Human Rights, pp.384-393
- Publisher
- Paradigm Publishers; Boulder, CO
- ISBN
- 9781594518829; 1594518823; 9781594518836; 1594518831
- eISBN
- 9781317258377; 1315634228; 1317258371; 9781317258384; 1317258398; 9781317258391; 131725838X; 9781315634227
- Alternative title
- Social Psychology and Human Rights
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2013
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology
- Record Identifier
- 9984306234302771
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