Global Business and Local Struggle: Reimagining Non-Judicial Remedy for Human Rights

Name: Global Business and Local Struggle: Reimagining Non-Judicial Remedy for Human Rights
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781009529396
Price: 1261.00 HKD
Availability: InStock
Author: Tim Connor; Annie Delaney; Fiona Haines; Kate Macdonald; Shelley Marshall
ISBN: 9781009529396

Edited by Tim Connor · Annie Delaney · Fiona Haines · Kate Macdonald · Shelley Marshall

Cambridge University Press September 2025

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9781009529396
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: September 2025
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

In the quest for human rights justice for communities and workers whose rights are breached by transnational businesses, non-judicial mechanisms (NJMs) are often deployed, but how effective are they? This book creates a blueprint for reforming transnational human rights NJMs and for helping communities and workers to use them. Through 587 interviews with 1100 individuals over five years of research in Indonesia and India, the authors delve into the practical workings of NJMs in diverse industries and contexts. The findings reveal that while NJMs are limited in providing standalone remedies, they can play a valuable role within a broader regulatory ecosystem.

Combining rich empirical data, multi-method analyses and a new theoretical framework, the authors argue for a multi-pronged approach to human rights redress. Their findings will advance both academic and policy debates about the merits and shortcomings of NJMs.

Introduction: inflated promises and small victories

1. Two countries, three industries, ten stories of human rights grievance

2. The promise of effective NJM design

3. NJM design and human rights redress in practice

4. A fields of struggle lens: power and countervailing power in struggles over community redress

5. NJMs as sources of community leverage to combat business power

6. NJMs and the conflicting roles of the State

7. Key findings

8. Prescriptive implications: towards more responsive redress?

References

Index

HKD 1,261.00 −3%