Human rights or global capitalism : the limits of privatization /

When the Communist regimes in Eastern Europe collapsed in 1989 leading to the end of the Cold War, the time seemed ripe for a new international social order built upon pluralist democracy, the rule of law, and universal human rights. The Vienna World Conference on Human Rights in 1993 solemnly procl...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nowak, Manfred, 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]
Series:Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
Subjects:
Human rights and globalization.
Human rights > Economic aspects.
Privatization > Social aspects.
Social responsibility of business.
Droits de l'homme et mondialisation.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Aspect économique.
Privatisation > Aspect social.
Entreprises > Responsabilité sociale.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Human Rights.
Human rights and globalization
Human rights > Economic aspects
Privatization > Social aspects
Social responsibility of business
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: pt. I Historical Observations
  • ch. 1 History of Human Rights
  • A Dialectic View
  • ch. 2 Did the West Comply with the Vienna Compromise?
  • pt. II Privatization and Selected Human Rights
  • ch. 3 Right to Education
  • ch. 4 Right to Health
  • ch. 5 Right to Social Security
  • ch. 6 Right to Water
  • ch. 7 Right to Personal Liberty and Rights of Detainees
  • ch. 8 Right to Personal Security
  • Conclusion: A Human Rights Based Approach to Privatization.

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