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Human rights trade-offs in times of economic growth : the long-term capability impacts of extractive-led development /
This book uncovers a historical dependency on smelting activities that has trapped inhabitants of La Oroya, Peru, in a context of systemic lack of freedom. La Oroya has been named one of the most polluted places on the planet by the US Blacksmith Institute. Residents face the dilemma of whether to d...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Latin American political economy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Dedication ; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; chapter 1: Introduction: Human Rights Trade-offs inÈTimes ofËconomic Growth: AÈTale fromÈPeru; Background; The Puzzle; The Conceptual Framework; The Argument; Beyond theÈ"Local" Trade-off; The Multidisciplinary Nature ofẗheÈStudy; Book Outline; Notes; chapter 2: The La Oroya Conflict: TheÏntractable Conflict Between Health andẄork; The Smelter's Privatization: TheÈDoe Run Chapter; The Evidence: Lead, Cadmium, andÄrsenic Contamination; The Defense ofḦealth; The Defence ofẄork.
- The Legal Architecture: Fighting forÈJustice Perpetuating Injustice; Conclusions; Notes; chapter 3: A Systemic Human Rights Model ofÄnalysis: AnÏntegrated Approach; Introduction; Structural Approaches toḦuman Rights; Historical-Constructionist Notion ofḦuman Rights; Structuring Human Rights Abuses andÜneven Distribution ofḦarm andÈBenefits; The International Legal Framework ofḦuman Rights; Analysis andÈStrategies toÜnveil Root Causes; Why theÈCapability Approach: Justifying theÈConceptual Integration; What Is theÈCapability Approach? Antecedents andÈMain Tenets.
- Selecting Valuable Capabilities: Which Capabilities andẄho Decides?Human Capabilities andḦuman Rights: Advancing theÏnterdisciplinary Dialogue; The Human Rights Systemic Analytical Model: Methodological Principles; Self-Reflexivity; Fostering Historical andÈPolitical Awareness; Voicing People; Engaging inẗheÈScrutiny ofÏndividuals andÈTheir Social Embeddedness; The Human Rights Systemic Analytical Model: Steps andÈPurposes; Conclusions; Notes; chapter 4: Systemic Lack ofÈFreedom inÈLa Oroya: TheÈSocio-historical Roots andẗheÈPolitical-©Economic Background; Introduction.
- The Socio-historical Roots ofÈLack ofÈFreedom inÈLa OroyaThe Smoke Damages Controversy; The Formation ofäÈProletarian Class inÈCentral Andes; The Political-Economic Background ofÈLack ofÈFreedom inÈLa Oroya; Setting theÈFoundations foräÈSupportive State-Private Investment Partnership; The Revolutionary Years (First Phase 1968-1974; Second Phase 1975-1979); The Neoliberal Turn andẗheÈRe-privatization ofÈLa Oroya Smelter; New Conflicts, New Discourses, Same Institutional Response; Conclusions; Notes; chapter 5: Experiencing Systemic Lack ofÈFreedom: TheÈVoice ofÈLa Oroya; Introduction.
- Voices ofÈLa OroyaHistorical Pollution andÈPerceptions ofÈDamage; Migration andÈCollective Identity; Structuring Inequalities: Socio-economic Status, Access toÈServices, andÈGender Roles; Uncertainty About theḦealth Impacts ofÈSmelter Pollution; Access toÏnformation, Responsibility forÏllness, andÈStigma Against theÈPoor; Individuals' Values andÈNeeds; What Do WeÈLearn fromËxperiences ofÈLack ofÈFreedom inÈLa Oroya?; Conclusions; Notes; chapter 6: Examining theÈTrade-offs Between Health andẄork inÈLa Oroya: TheÈLong-Term Capability Impacts ofËxtractive-Led Development; Introduction.