The strengths, weaknesses and enforcement of concepts of international human rights receive a new social policy perspective in this insightful review of a pressing debate. Drawing on examples from around the world, it sets out the evolving role of universal rights in domestic and international policy and human welfare.

Concepts and realities of international human rights are examined from a new social policy perspective in this comprehensive analysis. With examples from around the world, expert contributors discuss the strengths and weaknesses of ideas of universal rights, and their impact on social policy and human welfare. This is an invigorating new take on a topic of growing debate worldwide.