Fulfilling Social and Economic Rights

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Fulfilling Social and Economic Rights

Development economics and emerging economies Comparative law Public international law: human rights Law: Human rights and civil liberties

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

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Language: English

Published by: Oxford University Press

Published on: 2nd January 2015

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 7 Mb

ISBN: 9780190226695


Introduction

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?

About the Book

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.

Key Themes

It explores the factors influencing performance and provides empirical evidence to resolve some long standing controversies over the principle of "progressive realization".

Significance

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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