Globalization and Human Rights.
Title:
Globalization and Human Rights.
Author:
Brysk, Alison.
ISBN:
9780520936287
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (248 pages)
Contents:
Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Transnational Threats and Opportunities -- I. Citizenship -- 1. Who has a Right to Rights? Citizenship's Exclusions in an Age of Migration -- 2. Tourism, Sex Work, and Women's Rights in the Dominican Republic -- II. Commodification -- 3. Interpreting the Interaction of Global Markets and Human Rights -- 4. Economic Globalization and Rights: An Empirical Analysis -- 5. Sweatshops and International Labor Standards: Globalizing Markets, Localizing Norms -- III. Communication -- 6. The Ironies of Information Technology -- 7. Globalization and the Social Construction of Human Rights Campaigns -- 8. The Drama of Human Rights in a Turbulent, Globalized World -- IV. Cooperation -- 9. Transnational Civil Society Campaigns and the World Bank Inspection Panel -- 10. Humanitarian Intervention: Global Enforcement of Human Rights? -- 11. Human Rights, Globalizing Flows, and State Power -- Conclusion: From Rights to Realities -- Works Cited -- Contributors -- Index.
Abstract:
In this landmark volume, Alison Brysk has assembled an impressive array of scholars to address new questions about globalization and human rights. Is globalization generating both problems and opportunities? Are new problems replacing or intensifying state repression? How effective are new forms of human rights accountability? These essays include theoretical analyses by Richard Falk, Jack Donnelly, and James Rosenau. Chapters on sex tourism, international markets, and communications technology bring new perspectives to emerging issues. The authors investigate places such as the Dominican Republic, Nigeria, and the Philippines. The contemporary world is defined by globalization. While global human rights standards and institutions have been established, assaults on human dignity continue. These essays identify the new challenges to be faced, and suggest new ways to remedy the costs of globalization.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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