Globalization and human rights / Alison Brysk, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brysk, Alison, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (323 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Who Has a Right to Rights?

2. Tourism, Sex Work, and Women's Rights in the Dominican Republic

3. Interpreting the Interaction of Global Markets and Human Rights

4. Economic Globalization and Rights

5 Sweatshops and International Labor Standards

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

9. Transnational Civil Society Campaigns and the World Bank Inspection Panel

10. Humanitarian Intervention

11. Human Rights, Globalizing Flows, and State Power

Conclusion

Works Cited

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612359552

9780520936287

0520936280

9781597346368

1597346365

9781282359550

128235955X

OCLC:

56205082