Focusing on world regions where human rights abuses are the most serious, extensive and sustained; this book fills a crucial gap in our knowledge of the difficulties and promise of promoting human rights in our global age.
Globalization and Human Rights in the Developing World
β Scribed by Derrick M. Nault, Shawn L. England (eds.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 259
- Series
- Global Ethics Series
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-31
Front Matter....Pages 33-33
Globalization and the Commercialization of Humanity: The State, Trafficking in Persons, and Human Rights Challenges in Africa....Pages 35-58
Exclusionary Globalization: Sanctions, Military Rule, and Non-Democratization in Myanmar....Pages 59-79
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Transnational Corporations and the Protection of Human Rights: Non-Financial Reporting as an Option....Pages 83-117
The Duty to Protect Against Human Rights Violations Committed Abroad by Transnational Corporations and their Subsidiaries....Pages 118-138
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Do Official Development Aid and Foreign Direct Investment Promote Good Governance in Africa?....Pages 141-170
The βCreditors in Competitionβ: ChΓ‘vez and the Bank of the South versus the IMF....Pages 171-189
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
The Role of Globalization in the Causes, Consequences, Prevention, and Punishment of Genocide....Pages 193-222
Confronting βLinguistic Genocideβ: Language Repression in Kurdistan....Pages 223-248
Back Matter....Pages 249-253
β¦ Subjects
Political Sociology; Development Policy; International Relations; Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights; Political Economy; Sociology, general
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