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Human Rights and Economic Inequalities

Name: Human Rights and Economic Inequalities
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781316518694
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Author: Gillian MacNaughton; Diane Frey; Catherine Porter
ISBN: 9781316518694

Edited by Gillian MacNaughton · Diane Frey · Catherine Porter

Cambridge University Press September 2021

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ISBN-13: 9781316518694
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: September 2021
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Economic inequalities are among the greatest human rights challenges the world faces today due to the past four decades of neoliberal policy dominance. Globally, there are now over 2,000 billionaires, while 3.4 billion people live below the poverty line of US $5.50 per day. Many human rights scholars and practitioners read these statistics with alarm, asking what impact such extreme inequalities have on realizing human rights and what role, if any, should human rights have in challenging them? This edited volume examines these questions from multiple disciplinary perspectives, seeking to uncover the relationships between human rights and economic inequalities, and the barriers and pathways to greater economic equality and full enjoyment of human rights for all. The volume is a unique contribution to the emerging literature on human rights and economic inequality, as it is interdisciplinary, global in reach and extends to several under-researched areas in the field.

Introduction

Gillian MacNaughton, Diane F. Frey and Catherine Porter

Part I. Conceptualizing and Measuring Human Rights and Economic Inequalities:

1. Emerging human rights norms and standards on vertical inequalities

Gillian MacNaughton

2. Constraints on economic inequality: comparing Canada and the United States

Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann

3. What the UN human rights treaty bodies tell us about economic inequalities and human rights: an empirical analysis of 20 years of practice

Sylvain Aubry, Katherine James, Lucy McKernan, Beth Munro and Caroline Noyrez

4. How can economists help human rights practitioners measure changes in economic inequalities?

Catherine Porter

Part II. Causes and Consequences of Economic Inequalities:

5. A framework for fiscal justice: how human rights can change public finance

Anja Rudiger

6. Global tax justice and human rights

Alex Cobham, Fariya Mohiuddin and Liz Nelson

7. Growing inequality and risks to social rights in our new data economy

Carmel Williams

8. Caste, economic inequality and climate justice in India

Dadasaheb Tandale

Part III. Socio-Economic Rights and Economic Inequalities:

9. Distributive justice, and economic and social rights

Joo-Young Lee

10. Fair wages and a decent living: paths to greater vertical equality

Diane F. Frey and Gillian MacNaughton

11. The right to social security and economic inequality: contested meanings and potential roles

Beth Goldblatt

12. Education, income inequality and the right to participate in cultural life

James Murphy

13. Implications of the health equity perspective for the right to health

Chuan-Feng Wu

14. The potential impact of the right to housing to address vertical inequalities

Vicente Silva

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