Economic Rights: Conceptual, Measurement, And Policy Issues - Couverture souple

Hertel, Shareen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 052169082X ISBN 13 : 9780521690829

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

This edited volume offers new scholarship on economic rights by leading scholars in the fields of economics, law, and political science. It analyzes the central features of economic rights: their conceptual, measurement, and policy dimensions. In its introduction, the book provides a new conceptualization of economic rights based on a three-pronged definition: the right to a decent standard of living, the right to work, and the right to basic income support for people who cannot work. Subsequent chapters correct existing conceptual mistakes in the literature, provide new measurement techniques with country rankings, and analyze policy implementation at the international, regional, national, and local levels. While it forms a cohesive whole, the book is nevertheless rich in contending perspectives.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Shareen Hertel is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Connecticut and holds a joint appointment with the university's Human Rights Institute. She has served as a consultant to foundations, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and United Nations agencies in the United States, Latin America and South Asia. She is the author of Unexpected Power: Conflict and Change Among Transnational Activists (2006), co-editor of Human Rights in the United States: Beyond Exceptionalism (Cambridge University Press, 2011) and has published numerous scholarly articles. Hertel is incoming editor of The Journal of Human Rights and serves on the editorial boards of Human Rights Review, Human Rights and Human Welfare, and the International Studies Intensives book series of Paradigm Publishers.

Revue de presse :

'This edited volume brings to the fore the vital concept of economic rights. ... The editors have filled the existing research gaps by not only addressing the debate on economic rights in a much more comprehensive manner, but also by providing a deeper understanding of the notion of economic rights. The articles in this volume are by knowledgeable writers, some of whom are established authorities in their respective fields. In an informative introduction, the editors lay out the issues related to economic rights and provide a systematic and comprehensive evaluation of available research on economic rights. ... I highly recommend this volume for researchers, policy makers, policy activists and students working on economic rights and social security.' Development and Change

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 052169082X
• ISBN 13: 9780521690829
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 420