The state of economic and social human rights a global overview
This edited volume offers original scholarship on economic and social human rights from leading and new cutting-edge scholars in the fields of economics, law, political science, sociology and anthropology. It analyzes the core economic and social rights and the crucial topic of non-discrimination, a...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press
2013.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009799100906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction. Why economic and social human rights? / Lanse Minkler
- The right to food : a global perspective / Susan Randolph and Shareen Hertel
- Globalization and the right to health / Audrey R. Chapman and Salil D. Benegal
- Demolishing housing rights in the name of market fundamentalism : the dynamics of displacement in the United States, India, and South Africa / Cathy Albisa, Brittany Scott, and Kate Tissington
- Implementation of the human right to social security around the world : a preliminary analysis of national social protections laws / Lyle Scruggs, Christian Zimmermann, and Christopher Jeffords
- Why is the right to work so hard to secure? / Philip Harvey
- The rights of the child to an adequate standard of living : applying international standards to the U.S. case / Kathryn Libal and Ken Neubeck
- Achieving women's economic rights, in policy and in practice / Catherine Buerger
- Statelessness and economic and social rights / Kristy A. Belton
- Establishing a social and international order for the realization of human rights / Mark Gibney
- Beyond a minimum threshold : the right to social equality / Gillian MacNaughton
- The right to development from a human rights approach : conceptual bases, legal framework, and contemporary challenges / Flavia Piovesan
- Constitutional environmental human rights : a descriptive analysis of 142 national constitutions / Christopher Jeffords
- Conclusion. Reflections on the theory and practice of economic and social rights / Michael Freeman.
