Contracting human rights : crisis, accountability, and opportunity /: crisis, accountability, and opportunity. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Alison Brysk, Michael Stohl.
• Editors: Brysk, Alison, 1960-; Stohl, Michael, 1947-
• Contents: Front Matter; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: contracting human rights; PART I GAPS; 2 Contracting the refugee regime: the global citizenship gap; 3 Has the occupation occupied Israel?; 4 Expanding extractive industries, contracting indigenous rights? Gains, setbacks, and missed opportunities in Latin America; 5 The bottom two billion: the global expansion of urban slums and second-class citizenship; PART II BACKLASH; 6 The human rights costs of NGOs naming and shaming campaigns 7 Perils of success: backlash and resistance to LGBT rights in domestic and international politics8 Human rights and democracy promotion in times of contraction: EU human rights and democratization policies in Egypt; 9 From lawless to secret law: the United States, the CIA, and extra-judicial killings; PART III ACCOUNTABILITY; 10 Whither accountability? Counter-terrorism and human rights at the United Nations Security Council; 11 Backlash and international human rights courts; 12 Retreat or retrenchment? An analysis of the International Criminal Courts failure to prosecute presidents 13 Searching for accountability of the private sector: civil liability of corporations for trafficking in human beings for the purpose of labour exploitation in the European contextPART IV OPPORTUNITIES; 14 Business and human rights: exploring the limits of an expanding agenda on corporate responsibility; 15 Digital media and human rights: Loomio, Statistics New Zealand, and gender identity; 16 Beyond global vs. local: Islam, feminism, and womenâ#x80;#x99;s rights in Morocco; 17 Contesting the citizenship gap: advocacy, core rights, and womens rights reform
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 298 pages)
• Subjects: 323; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Human Rights; Human rights; Human rights -- Economic aspects; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights; Human rights; LAW -- Civil Rights; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Civil Rights; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General; International human rights law; Human rights & civil liberties law; Civil rights & citizenship; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781788112338; 1788112334
• Related ISBNs: 1788112326; 9781788112321
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 15, 2018).
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