International Human Rights, Social Policy and Global Development : Critical Perspectives /

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With international human rights under challenge, this book represents a comprehensive critique that adds a social policy perspective to recent political and legalistic analysis. Expert contributors draw on local and global examples to review constructs of universal rights and their impact on social...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Sachs, Albie, 1935- (writer of foreword.), Ó hAdhmaill, Felim (Editor ), McCann, Gerard (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago, IL : Policy Press, 2020.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social policy.
International law and human rights.
Human rights.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Gerard McCann and Feilim Ó hAdhmaill
  • 1. The historical development of the concept of rights / Peter Herrmann and Feilim Ó hAdhmaill
  • 2. The United Nations and international oversight of human rights / Gerard McCann and Feilim Ó hAdhmaill
  • 3.The Council of Europe, the European Convention on Human Rights and the social charter / Liz Griffith
  • 4. The European Union and human rights / Gerard McCann and Nadia Makaryshyn
  • 5. Human rights and the USA / Peter Collins
  • 6. International Humanitarian Law : protecting rights and promoting welfare during war? / Diana Buttu and Feilim Ó hAdhmaill
  • 7. The European Union, human rights and international development policy / Gerard McCann
  • 8. Socio-economic rights / Giovanni Farese
  • 9. Cultural rights / Adam Nowakowski
  • 10. Migration and refugees : applying human rights to "everyone"? / Michal Cenker and Daniel Holder
  • 11. Conflict, "terrorism" and non-state actors / Feilim Ó hAdhmaill and Mike Ritchie
  • 12. Gender and human rights / Birgit Schippers
  • 13. Human rights-based approaches to social policy development / Margaret Buckley and Fiona Dukelow
  • 14. The right to education / Benjamin Mallon
  • 15. The right to healthcare / Ann-Marie Gray
  • 16. The right to housing / Dessie Donnelly, Joe Finnerty and Cathal O'Connell
  • 17. Children's rights and social policy / Fiona Donson
  • 18. The rights of people with disabilities / Charles O'Mahony and Shivaun Quinlivan
  • 19. The right to development / Stephen McCloskey
  • Conclusion : human rights in a brave new world : the shape of things to come? / Fred Powell.

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