Human Rights Trade Offs In Times Of Economic Growth
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Author | : Areli Valencia |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2016-11-03 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1137488689 |
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 defend their health or to preserve job stability at the local smelter, the main source of toxic pollution in town. Valencia unpacks this paradoxical human rights trade-off. This context, shaped by social, historical, political, and economic factors, increases people’s vulnerabilities and decreases their ability to choose, resulting in residents' trading off their right to health in order to work. This book shows the deep connection of this local dilemma to the country’s national paradox, arising out of Peru's vision of natural resource extraction as the main path to secure economic growth for the entire country at the expense of some groups.
Author | : Thirukodikaval Nilakanta Srinivasan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 29 |
Release | : 2001 |
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Author | : Tonia Novitz |
Publisher | : Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages | : 397 |
Release | : 2024-04-12 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1786430533 |
Examining the relationship between trade and labour regulation in light of the pressing need to promote sustainable development, Tonia Novitz interrogates how international legal architecture could be reformed so that no one in the world of work gets left behind. She highlights the dangers of pursuing labour and environmental issues on parallel tracks without recognising how they interact, ultimately arguing for the crafting of the content and application of trade rules through participatory processes, which involve the inclusive representation of all sectors of the labour market and all parts of the world.
Author | : Michael Freeman |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 163 |
Release | : 2022-01-26 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1509546057 |
Human Rights, now in its fourth edition, is an introductory text that is both innovative and challenging. Its unique interdisciplinary approach invites students to think imaginatively and rigorously about one of the most important and influential political concepts of our time. Tracing the history of the concept, the book shows that there are fundamental tensions between legal, philosophical and social-scientific approaches to human rights. This analysis throws light on some of the most controversial issues in the field: What are the causes of human-rights violations? Is the idea of universal human rights consistent with respect for cultural difference? Are we living in a ‘post-human rights’ world? Thoroughly revised and updated, the new edition engages with recent developments, including the Trump and Biden presidencies, colonial legacies, neoliberalism, conflict in Syria, Yemen and Myanmar, the Covid-19 pandemic, new technologies and the supposed crisis of liberal democracy. Widely admired and assigned for its clarity and comprehensiveness, this book remains a ‘go-to’ text for students in the social sciences, as well as students of human-rights law who want an introduction to the non-legal aspects of their subject.
Author | : Daniel Drache |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 407 |
Release | : 2014-03-20 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 110704717X |
This book introduces the idea of policy space as an innovative way to reframe recent developments in global governance. It brings together a wide ranging group of leading experts in international law, trade, human rights, political economy, international relations, and public policy who have been asked to reflect on this important development in globalization.
Author | : Katharine G. Young |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 711 |
Release | : 2019-04-11 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1108418139 |
Captures significant transformations in the theory and practice of economic and social rights in constitutional and human rights law.
Author | : T. N. Srinivasan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 38 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Human rights |
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Author | : Nitish Monebhurrun |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Arbitration and award |
ISBN | : 3031493826 |
Zusammenfassung: The book brings to light how Latin American states have traditionally stood before the field of International Investment Law and Arbitration. It delves into their posture of resistance to critically examine how their perspective has gradually changed and how they have adapted and molded their investment agreements so as not to leave their position as players in the field of International Investment Law. Many Latin American states have appeared as defendants before international investment tribunals and some of these, like Venezuela, Bolivia or Ecuador, have denounced their international investment agreements. Deeming the law field as imbalanced, they have looked for alternatives to continue providing legal protection to foreign investors while protecting their right to regulate in the name of public interest. Some interesting investment agreements models, sometimes of a different ilk, have consequently flourished and have arrested the attention of those studying or working with international investment law. The main objective of this book is to critically discuss how Latin American states have accepted, resisted, or adapted themselves to international investment law and arbitration. Accordingly, the general connection between these states and international investment law are explained in an introduction which examines the general trends as per which Latin American states have offered a legal protection to foreign investments. The first part enters the merits of where international investment law and arbitration stand in some Latin American states whereby the experience of Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Venezuela, and Uruguay are discussed. The following parts explain the trends in international investment law and arbitration in Latin America. These trends are namely related to dispute settlement and governance, to the connection between investment law and human rights and finally to regionalization. In these parts, the experience of states like Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Mexico are perused
Author | : Nancy Birdsall |
Publisher | : Brookings Institution Press |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 1998-09-01 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780815791294 |
Latin American income distribution is among the most unequal in the world. Both the poor and the wealthy have paid a price for this inequality, which is in part responsible for the region's low growth rates. The essays in this book propose new ways of reducing inequality, not by growth-inhibiting transfers and regulations, but by enhancing efficiency—eliminating consumption subsidies for the wealthy, increasing the productivity of the poor, and shifting to a more labor and skill-demanding growth path. In Beyond Tradeoffs, Latin American experts demonstrate how market-friendly measures in key policy areas can simultaneously promote greater equity and greater efficiency. By identifying win-win strategies, the authors challenge the conventional wisdom that there is always a tradeoff between these two objectives. Extensive macroeconomic reforms in the region have provided opportunities to implement such strategies across many sectors. The volume aims at building a "Latin consensus" on a second round of reforms—reforms that address the urgent issue of inequality without undermining efficient growth. Contributors include Jonathan Coles, Rene Cortazar, Ricardo Hausmann, Juan Luis Londoño, Nora Lustig, Moises Naím, and Joseph Stiglitz. Copublished with the Inter-American Development Bank
Author | : Jean-Pierre Chauffour |
Publisher | : Cato Institute |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1933995246 |
In this thought-provoking book, Jean-Pierre Chauffour argues that freedom in all its economic, civil, and political dimensions is the only internally consistent and mutually supportive way of thinking about development and human rights.