Poverty and human rights : multidisciplinary perspectives / edited by Suzanne Egan and Anna Chadwick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Egan, Suzanne, editor.

Chadwick, Anna, 1986- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public welfare--Law and legislation.

Public welfare.

Poverty--International cooperation.

Poverty.

Poverty--Government policy.

Social rights.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021.

Summary:

"This timely and insightful book brings together scholars from a range of disciplines to evaluate the role of human rights in tackling the global challenges of poverty and economic inequality. Reflecting on the concrete experiences of particular countries in tackling poverty, it appraises the international success of human rights-based approaches. Drawing on insights from philosophy, history, economics and politics, contributors consider a range of questions concerning the nature of human rights and their possible relationship to poverty, inequality and development. Chapters interrogate human rights-based approaches and question whether the normative human rights framework provides a sound foundation for addressing global poverty and equitable distribution of resources. Probing practical questions concerning the extent to which international human rights institutions have been effective in combating poverty, this thought-provoking book considers possible strategies in response to the challenges that lie ahead. Offering robust and provocative guidelines for the future of human rights and development, this unique book will be indispensable for academics and researchers investigating the intersection of human rights and poverty, particularly those interested in human rights-based approaches to tackling inequality. Its practical insights will also benefit policy makers in need of novel methodologies for promoting equality"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Introduction: Poverty and human rights - a multidimensional concept in search of multidimensional collaboration / Suzanne Egan

Part I: Critical debates: 2. Keeping human rights out of poverty / Vittorio Bufacchi Poverty and the rhetoric of human rights: a reply to Bufacchi / Jesse Tomalty

3. China, extreme poverty and consequentialist theories of human rights / Graham Finlay

4. The legal construction of poverty: Examining historic tensions between property rights and subsistence rights / Julia McClure

5. Human rights, poverty and capitalism / Anna Chadwick

6. (Post)human rights, poverty and inequality: Problems of algocracy, pharmocracy and chemocracy / Su-Ming Khoo

7. Planet and people: Making human rights distributive by design / Wouter Vandenhole

8. On the possibility of justified subsistence wars / Lonneke Peperkamp and Ronald Tinnevelt

Part II: Case studies: 9. An emphasis on social rights: A boost for the uk's popular rights discourse? / Aoife Daly and Alan Connolly

10. The provision of social assistance in Ireland and Spain: A human rights assessment / María Dalli

11. Operationalising rights-based approaches to development: Chinks in the armour observed through a study of anganwadi workers in Odisha, India / Nita Mishra

12. Afterword: Poverty and human rights / Anna Chadwick

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-83910-211-X

OCLC:

1247659548