Morris, Lydia, 1949-

Asylum, welfare and the cosmopolitan ideal a sociology of rights / Lydia Morris. - Oxon [England] : Routledge, 2010. - vii, 171 p. ; 24 cm.

'A GlassHouse book.'

Includes bibliographical references (p. [158]-165) and index.

The right to have rights : fond illusion or credo for our times? -- Asylum immigration and the art of government -- Welfare asylum and the politics of judgment -- Civil society and civil repair -- An emergent cosmopolitan paradigm? -- Civil stratification and the cosmopolitan ideal -- Cosmopolitanism, human rights and judgment -- Conclusion : a sociology of rights.

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Asylum, Right of--Social aspects.
Human rights.
Asylum, right of--United Kingdom.