Human rights and economic inequalities / edited by Gillian MacNaughton, University of Massachusetts Boston, Diane F. Frey, San Francisco State University, Catherine Porter, Lancaster University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacNaughton, Gillian, 1961- author.

Porter, Catherine, author.

Frey, Diane F., author.

Series:

Globalization and human rights.

Globalization and human rights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Economic aspects.

Human rights.

Income distribution.

Equality--Economic aspects.

Equality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 418 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

System Details:

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PDF

Summary:

Economic inequalities are among the greatest human rights challenges the world faces today due to the past four decades of neoliberal policy dominance. Globally, there are now over 2,000 billionaires, while 3.4 billion people live below the poverty line of US $5.50 per day. Many human rights scholars and practitioners read these statistics with alarm, asking what impact such extreme inequalities have on realizing human rights and what role, if any, should human rights have in challenging them? This edited volume examines these questions from multiple disciplinary perspectives, seeking to uncover the relationships between human rights and economic inequalities, and the barriers and pathways to greater economic equality and full enjoyment of human rights for all. The volume is a unique contribution to the emerging literature on human rights and economic inequality, as it is interdisciplinary, global in reach and extends to several under-researched areas in the field.

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781009006545

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