Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Terra Lawson-Remer, Susan Randolph, Susan Randolph

Fulfilling Social and Economic Rights (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

One of the most ambitious legacies of the 20th century was the universal commitment to ensure freedom from want as a human right. But to what extent are countries across the world living up to this commitment? This path breaking book develops an innovative, evidence-based index for comparing performance on education, food, health, work and housing across very differently situated countries and over time. It explores the factors influencing performance and provides empirical evidence to resolve some long standing controversies over the principle of "progressive realization". By defying the boundaries of traditional research disciplines, this work fundamentally advances our knowledge about the status of and factors promoting social and economic rights fulfillment at the dawn of the 21st century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190226695
• Artikelnr.: 42370620

Autorenporträt

Sakiko Fukuda-Parr is Professor of International Affairs at The New School. Terra Lawson-Remer is Fellow in Global Economy and Development at the Brookings Institution and Legal Director at Avaaz. Susan Randolph is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Connecticut.

Inhaltsangabe

* List of Boxes
* List of Tables
* List of Figures
* Acknowledgements
* Chapter 1: Introduction
* Chapter 2: Measuring Social and Economic Rights: the SERF Index
Approach
* Chapter 3: Constructing the SERF Index: Progressive Realization and
Aggregation
* Chapter 4: Constructing the SERF Index: From Rights Enjoyment to
Indicators
* Chapter 5: A Global Picture of Social and Economic Rights Fulfillment
* Chapter 6: What Matters for Strong Performance?
* Chapter 7: Responding to Critics: Trade-Offs, Policy Choices,
Historical
* Chapter 8: Conclusions
* Notes
* Bibliography
* About the Authors
* Index