Human Rights and the Global Marketplace: Economic, Social, and Cultural Dimensions /

Human Rights and the Global Marketplace: Economic, Social, and Cultural Dimensions / / Jeanne Woods, Hope Lewis.

Special adoption price: USD95.00/copy, 10 or more At a time of great change, turmoil, and contradiction in international human rights law and politics, authors Jeanne M. Woods and Hope Lewis have responded to the growing need for a classroom text that focuses squarely on economic, social, and cultur...

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VerfasserIn:
Woods, Jeanne
Lewis, Hope,
TeilnehmendeR:
Lewis, Hope,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden; , Boston : : Brill | Nijhoff,, 2005.
Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • PART I - HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE: DISCURSIVE THEMES
  • Chapter One: Global Narratives/Global Realities
  • Chapter Two: Theoretical Paradigms
  • A. Historical Roots
  • B. Foundations of Liberal Rights Discourse
  • C. Critical Voices
  • D. Cultural Relativism
  • E. Justiciability and Democratic Accountability
  • PART II - INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION
  • Chapter Three: International Treaties
  • A. The International Bill of Rights
  • B. The Race Convention
  • C. The Women's Convention
  • D. The Convention on the Rights of the Child
  • E. The International Labour Organization
  • Chapter Four: Regional Charters
  • A. The Inter-American System
  • B. The European Systems
  • C. The African Union
  • PART III - POWER, POLITICS, AND POVERTY: STRUCTURAL CHALLENGES TO THE REALIZATION OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
  • Chapter Five: Human Development and Human Rights
  • Introduction: Perspectives on Poverty and Development
  • A. The IFIs: Enforcing the Washington Consensus
  • B. Women in and Under Development
  • C. Is Development a Human Right?
  • Chapter Six: Self-Determination, Culture, and Rights: Conflicts, Challenges, and Possibilities
  • A. Self-Determination: Indigenous Peoples, Foreign Occupation
  • B. Language
  • C. The "Exotic Other" - Gender, Culture, and Religious Traditions
  • PART IV - COMPARATIVE APPROACHES
  • Chapter Seven: India: The "Directive Principles" Approach
  • A. Judicial Discourse on Poverty and Rights
  • B. Addressing the Status of Women and Children
  • C. Neoliberalism and the Limits of Judicial Intervention: Taking Off the Mask?
  • Chapter Eight: South Africa: The Bill of Rights Approach
  • A. The Historical Context
  • B. The Constitutional Entrenchment of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
  • Chapter Nine: The Council of Europe - A Blending of the Categories
  • A. The European Convention of Human Rights
  • B. Eligibility for Social Security and Welfare Benefits
  • C. Right to a Safe Environment
  • D. The Right to Free Legal Aid
  • E. The Positive Dimension of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights
  • F. Equal Protection
  • Chapter Ten: The United States of America: Federal Rejection, State Protection
  • A. The Federal System
  • B. State Constitutions
  • C. Erasing the Divide: Internationalizing the Rights Struggle.

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