Globalization and human rights in the developing world

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. DERRICK M. NAULT teaches World History and Development Studies at the University of Calgary, Canada. His research interests include globalization, development and human rights from a historical perspective, particularly with regard to nations of the Global South. SHAWN L. ENGLAND is Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada. He specializes in Latin American political history. INDICE: Preface; 'D.M.Nault' &' S.L.England - 'Introduction; 'D.M.Nault' -PART I: GLOBALIZATION, THE STATE, AND HUMAN RIGHTS - Globalization and the Commercialization of Humanity: The State, Trafficking in Persons, and Human Rights Challenges in Africa; 'B.Onuoha - 'Exclusionary Globalization: Sanctions, Military Rule, and Non-democratization in Myanmar; 'P.Stefford - 'PART II: TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS - Transnational Corporations and the Protection of Human Rights: Non-Financial Reporting as an Option; 'O.Osuji - 'The Duty to Protect against Human Rights Violations Committed Abroad by Transnational Corporations and their Subsidiaries; 'B.Zammitto - 'PART III: FINANCIALFLOWS, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THE GLOBAL SOUTH - Do Official Development Aid and Foreign Direct Investment Promote Good Governance in Africa?; 'A.Lemi - 'The 'Creditors in Competition': Chávez and the Bank of the South versus the IMF; 'R.Paterson - 'PART IV: GENOCIDE IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE - The Role of Globalization in the Causes, Consequences, Prevention, and Punishment of Genocide; 'M.Hiebert - 'Confronting 'Linguistic Genocide': Language Repression in Kurdistan; 'E.Voulgarakis' &' B.Dawei'

• ISBN: 978-0-230-29220-8
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 05/08/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés