Australia's engagement with economic and social rights : a case of institutional avoidance / / Russell Solomon

• Autore: Solomon Russell
• Pubblicazione: Singapore : , : Springer, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (291 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 605
• Soggetto topico: Economic rights; Social rights - Australia; Economic rights - Australia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction: Australia's Engagement with Economic and Social Rights -- 1.1 General -- 1.2 Economic and Social Rights in International Law -- 1.3 Globalisation, Neoliberalism and Economic and Social Rights in Australia -- 1.4 Australia's Institutional Framework for Protecting Rights -- 1.4.1 Australia's Liberal Democracy and Economic and Social Rights -- 1.4.2 The Institutional Framework -- 1.4.3 Australia's Political Culture and Economic and Social Rights -- 1.5 The Argument -- References -- 2 The Right to Health in Australia -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 International Law and the Right to Health -- 2.3 Australia's Institutional Arrangements and the Right to Health -- 2.4 Privatising Australia's Health Care System -- 2.5 Primary Health Care -- 2.6 Hospitals -- 2.7 Medicines and Their Affordability -- 2.8 Testing the Right to Health: Health Care Provision for the Vulnerable -- 2.8.1 Disabled Persons -- 2.8.2 Children -- 2.8.3 Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Visa Holders -- 2.8.4 Indigenous Persons -- 2.8.5 Regional, Rural and Remote Australians -- 2.8.6 Aged Persons -- 2.9 Concluding Comments -- References -- 3 The Right to Housing in Australia -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 International Law and the Right to Adequate Housing -- 3.3 Australia's Institutional Arrangements and the Right to Housing -- 3.3.1 Overview of Housing Policy -- 3.3.2 Australia's Institutional Arrangements -- 3.4 Housing Affordability and Home Ownership -- 3.5 Housing and Security of Tenure -- 3.6 Social Housing and the Right to Housing -- 3.7 Testing the Right to Housing: Housing the Vulnerable -- 3.7.1 Disabled Persons -- 3.7.2 Older Women -- 3.7.3 Indigenous Persons -- 3.7.4 Homelessness -- 3.8 Concluding Comments -- References -- 4 The Right to Work and Rights at Work in Australia -- 4.1 Introduction. ; 4.2 International Law and the Right to Work and Rights at Work -- 4.3 Globalisation, Neoliberalism and Labour Rights -- 4.4 Australia's Institutional Arrangements and Labour Rights -- 4.4.1 The Right to Work -- 4.4.2 Regulating Rights at Work -- 4.4.3 Discrimination Law and Labour Rights -- 4.4.4 Equal Remuneration of Women and Men -- 4.5 Freedom of Association, Collective Bargaining and Trade Unions -- 4.6 The 'Right to Strike' -- 4.7 Testing Australia's Labour Rights: Rights of Those at the Margins -- 4.7.1 Australia's Embrace of Precarious Work -- 4.7.2 Casual Workers -- 4.7.3 Other Workers in Precarious Work -- 4.7.4 Asylum Seekers -- 4.7.5 Disabled and Older Persons -- 4.7.6 Low Paid Workers -- 4.8 Concluding Comments -- References -- 5 The Right to Social Security in Australia -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 International Law and the Right to Social Security -- 5.3 Globalisation, Neoliberalism and the Right to Social Security -- 5.4 Australia's Institutional Arrangements and the Right to Social Security -- 5.5 The Unemployed and the Right to Social Security -- 5.5.1 The Breach Penalty Regime -- 5.6 Testing the Right to Social Security: Income Support for the Vulnerable -- 5.6.1 Indigenous Australians and Income Management -- 5.6.2 The Parenting Benefit -- 5.6.3 The Aged Pension -- 5.6.4 Disabled Persons -- 5.6.5 Asylum Seekers -- 5.7 Concluding Comments -- References -- 6 Concluding Reflections on Australia's Engagement with Economic and Social Rights.
• Titolo autorizzato: Australia's engagement with economic and social rights
• ISBN: 981-16-0033-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910484287503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II