Table of Contents

1. Scope of Human Rights 2. The Terrain of Human Rights 3. Social Theory and Human Rights 4. Social Science Methods and Human Rights 5. Measuring Human Rights 6. Global Comparative Studies 7. The Social Science of Truth Commissions 8. Human Rights Impact Assessment 9. Theory and Method in Studying Human Rights

About the Author

Todd Landman

Reviews

‘A faultless exposition of the quantitative approach to human rights inquiry...will be essential reading for those engaged in this field…it is difficult to see how this book could be improved.’ - International Affairs 'The Landmand project is serious, well-argued and challenging; it also contains a promise for a new branch or application of social science, which may produce firm results in the political sociology of human rights practices.' - Zenon Stavrinides, The Philosopher