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1 online resource (x, 311 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Transnational threats and opportunities / Alison Brysk -- I. Citizenship -- Who has a right to rights? Citizenship's exclusions in an age of migration / Kristen Hill Maher -- Tourism, sex work, and women's rights in the Dominican Republic / Amalia Lucia Cabezas -- II. Commodification -- Interpreting the interaction of global markets and human rights / Richard Falk -- Economic globalization and rights: an empirical analysis / Wesley T. Milner -- Sweatshops and international labor standards: globalizing markets, localizing norms / Raul C. Pangalangan -- III. Communication -- Ironies of information technology / Shane Weyker -- Globalization and the social construction of human rights campaigns / Clifford Bob -- Drama of human rights in a turbulent, globalized world / James N. Rosenau -- IV. Cooperation -- Transnational civil society campaigns and the World Bank Inspection Panel / Jonathan Fox -- Humanitarian intervention: global enforcement of human rights? / Wayne Sandholtz -- Human rights, globalizing flows, and state power / Jack Donnelly. |
| Summary |
In this landmark volume, Alison Brysk has assembled an impressive array of scholars to address new questions about globalization and human rights. Is globalization generating both problems and opportunities? Are new problems replacing or intensifying state repression? How effective are new forms of human rights accountability?These essays include theoretical analyses by Richard Falk, Jack Donnelly, and James Rosenau. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human rights.
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Human rights. |
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Globalization.
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Globalization. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Human rights. |
| Added Author |
Brysk, Alison, 1960- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Globalization and human rights. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002 0520232372 0520232380 (DLC) 2002002825 (OCoLC)49225359 |
| ISBN |
9780520936287 (electronic book) |
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0520936280 (electronic book) |
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1417508205 (electronic book) |
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9781417508204 (electronic book) |
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1597346365 (electronic book) |
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9781597346368 (electronic book) |
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9780520232372 |
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0520232372 |
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9780520232389 |
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0520232380 |
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