Closing the Rights Gap : From Human Rights to Social Transformation / LaDawn Haglund, Robin Stryker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Haglund, LaDawn, 1968- Editor.

Stryker, Robin, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (1966 December 16).

International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.

Human rights.

Social justice.

Human rights and globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Do "human rights"-as embodied in constitutions, national laws, and international agreements-foster improvements in the lives of the poor or otherwise marginalized populations? When, where, how, and under what conditions? Closing the Rights Gap: From Human Rights to Social Transformation systematically compares a range of case studies from around the world in order to clarify the conditions under which-and institutions through which-economic, social, and cultural rights are progressively realized in practice. It concludes with testable hypotheses regarding how significant transformative change might occur, as well as an agenda for future research to facilitate rights realization worldwide.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF MAPS

LIST OF TABLES AND BOXES

Contributors

Preface

Introduction: Making Sense of the Multiple and Complex Pathways by which Human Rights Are Realized

Chapter 1. Do Non-Human Rights Regimes Undermine the Achievement of Economic and Social Rights?

Chapter 2. Linking Law and Economics: Translating Economic and Social Human Rights Norms into Public Policy

Chapter 3. Advances and Ongoing Challenges in the Protection of Indigenous Peoples' Rights within the Inter-American System and the United Nations Special Procedures System

Chapter 4. The Impact of Legal Strategies for Claiming Economic and Social Rights

Chapter 5. The Role of Human Rights Law in Protecting Environmental Rights in South Asia

Chapter 6. The Morality of Law: The Case against Deportation of Settled Immigrants

Chapter 7. Social Movements and the Expansion of Economic and Social Human Rights Advocacy among International NGOs

Chapter 8. The Challenge of Ensuring Food Security: Global Perspectives and Evidence from India

Chapter 9. Achieving Rights to Land, Water, and Health in Post- Apartheid South Africa

Chapter 10. Social Accountability in the World Bank: How Does It Overlap with Human Rights?

Chapter 11. Making the Principle of Progressive Realization Operational: The SERF Index, an Index for Monitoring State Fulfillment of Economic and Social Rights Obligations

Chapter 12. Deepening Our Understanding of Rights Realization through Disaggregation and Mapping Integrating Census Data and Participatory GIS

Chapter 13. Studying Courts in Context: The Role of Nonjudicial Institutional and Socio-Political Realities

Conclusion: Emerging Possibilities for Social Transformation

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780520958920

0520958926

OCLC:

903016412