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The state of economic and social human rights : A global overview

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Publication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2013Description: 395p ixISBN:
  • 9781107028029
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.085000 MIN
Contents:
Table of contents 1. Introduction: why economic and social human rights? Lanse Minkler; Part I. Core Rights: 2. The right to food in global perspective Susan Randolph and Shareen Hertel; 3. Globalization and the right to health Audrey R. Chapman and Salil Benegal; 4. 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; 5. Implementation of the human right to social security around the world: a preliminary analysis of national social protection laws Lyle Scruggs, Christian Zimmermann and Chris Jeffords; 6. Why is the right to work so hard to secure? Philip Harvey; Part II. Non-Discrimination: 7. The rights of the child to an adequate standard of living: applying international standards to the US case Kathryn Libal and Ken Neubeck; 8. Achieving women's economic rights in policy and in practice Cathy Buerger; 9. Statelessness and economic and social rights Kristy A. Belton; Part III. Meta: 10. Establishing a social and international order for the realization of human rights Mark Gibney; 11. Beyond a minimum threshold: the right to social equality Gillian MacNaughton; 12. The right to development from a human rights approach: conceptual bases, legal framework, and contemporary challenges Flavia Piovesan; 13. Constitutional environmental human rights: a descriptive analysis of 142 national constitutions Chris Jeffords; 14. Conclusion: reflections on the theory and practice of economic and social rights Michael Freeman.
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Table of contents
1. Introduction: why economic and social human rights? Lanse Minkler;
Part I. Core Rights:
2. The right to food in global perspective Susan Randolph and Shareen Hertel;
3. Globalization and the right to health Audrey R. Chapman and Salil Benegal;
4. 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;
5. Implementation of the human right to social security around the world: a preliminary analysis of national social protection laws Lyle Scruggs, Christian Zimmermann and Chris Jeffords;
6. Why is the right to work so hard to secure? Philip Harvey;
Part II. Non-Discrimination:
7. The rights of the child to an adequate standard of living: applying international standards to the US case Kathryn Libal and Ken Neubeck;
8. Achieving women's economic rights in policy and in practice Cathy Buerger;
9. Statelessness and economic and social rights Kristy A. Belton;
Part III. Meta:
10. Establishing a social and international order for the realization of human rights Mark Gibney;
11. Beyond a minimum threshold: the right to social equality Gillian MacNaughton;
12. The right to development from a human rights approach: conceptual bases, legal framework, and contemporary challenges Flavia Piovesan;
13. Constitutional environmental human rights: a descriptive analysis of 142 national constitutions Chris Jeffords; 14. Conclusion: reflections on the theory and practice of economic and social rights Michael Freeman.