Human Rights and Global Governance : Power Politics Meets International Justice / William H. Meyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meyer, William H., Author.

Series:

Pennsylvania studies in human rights.

Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--International cooperation--Case studies.

Human rights.

International law and human rights.

International organization.

International relations.

International cooperation.

World politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 248 pages).

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

International human rights has been an important matter for study, policy, and activism since the end of World War II. However, as William H. Meyer observes, global governance is not only a relatively new topic for students of international relations but also a widely used yet often contested concept. Despite the conflicting and often politicized uses of the term, three key dimensions of global governance can be identified: the impact of diplomatic international organizations such as the International Criminal Court, the importance of nonstate actors and global civil society, and global political trends that can be gleaned from empirical observation and data collection. In Human Rights and Global Governance, Meyer defines global governance generally as the management of global issues within a political space that has no single centralized authority. Employing a combination of historical, quantitative, normative, and policy analyses, Meyer presents a series of case studies at the intersection of power politics and international justice. He examines the global campaign to end impunity for dictators; the recognition, violation, and protection of indigenous rights; the creation and expansion of efforts to ensure corporate social responsibility; the interactions between labor rights and development in the Global South; just war theory as it applies to torturing terrorists, war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the drone wars; and the global strategic environment that best facilitates the making of human rights treaties. Meyer concludes with an evaluation of the successes and failures of two exemplary models for the global governance of human rights as well as recommendations for public policy changes and visions for the future.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Pinochet Precedent as an Exemplar of Global Governance

Chapter 2. Indigenous Rights and Global Governance

Chapter 3. Corporate Social Responsibility and Global Governance

Chapter 4. Testing Theories of Labor Rights and Development

Chapter 5. Torture, Terror, and Unjust Wars

Chapter 6. Human Rights Treaties and the Pacific Interregnum

Chapter 7. Two Models and Future Prospects for Global Governance of Human Rights

Notes

References

Index

Acknowledgments

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780812296648

0812296648

OCLC:

1134076997