Globalization and human rights [[electronic resource] /] / Alison Brysk, editor |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (323 p.) |
Disciplina | 323/.09/0511 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BryskAlison <1960-> |
Soggetto topico |
Human rights
Globalization |
Soggetto non controllato |
accountability
anthology anthropology communications technology contemporary world critical analysis dominican republic global challenges global issues global standards globalization human experience human rights international markets modern perspective nigeria nonfiction essays nonfiction philippines political repression rights violations sex tourism social justice social science theoretical perspectives thought provoking |
ISBN |
0-520-93628-0
9786612359552 1-59734-636-5 1-282-35955-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Who Has a Right to Rights? -- 2. Tourism, Sex Work, and Women's Rights in the Dominican Republic -- 3. Interpreting the Interaction of Global Markets and Human Rights -- 4. Economic Globalization and Rights -- 5 Sweatshops and International Labor Standards -- 6. The Ironies of Information Technology -- 7. Globalization and the Social Construction of Human Rights Campaigns -- 8. The Drama of Human Rights in a Turbulent, Globalized World -- 9. Transnational Civil Society Campaigns and the World Bank Inspection Panel -- 10. Humanitarian Intervention -- 11. Human Rights, Globalizing Flows, and State Power -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783085303321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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International migration and human rights [[electronic resource] ] : the global repercussions of U.S. policy / / edited by Samuel Martinez |
Autore | Martinez Samuel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (351 p.) |
Disciplina | 325.73 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MartinezSamuel <1959-> |
Collana | Global, area, and international archive |
Soggetto topico |
Emigration and immigration - Government policy
Immigrants - Civil rights Immigrants - Civil rights - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
diplomacy
dramatic drug policy emigration engaging global issues global leaders global movement global scholars globalism human condition human rights issues human rights immigrants immigration international migration market reform migrant crisis migrant rights migration modern issues nonfiction political refugees revolutionaries terrorism textbook thought provoking united states immigration united states policy |
ISBN | 0-520-94257-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Political Economy of Migration in an Era of Globalization -- 2. Ports of Entry in the "Homeland Security" Era: Inequality of Mobility and the Securitization of Transnational Flows -- 3. The Treatment of Noncitizens after September 11 in Historical Context -- 4. Mexicans of Mass Destruction: National Security and Mexican Immigration in a Pre- and Post-9/11 World -- 5. The Demonization of Persons of Arab and Muslim Ancestry in Historical Perspective -- 6. Security and Insecurity in a Global "War on Terrorism": Arab-Muslim Immigrant Experience in Post-9/11 America -- 7. Policing the Borders in the Heartland -- 8. An Anatomy of Mexican Repatriation: Human Rights and the Borderlands of Complicity -- 9. Discourses on Danger and Dreams of Prosperity: Confounding U.S. Government Positions on "Trafficking" from the Former Soviet Union -- 10. "We Are Not Terrorists!" Uighurs, Tibetans, and the "Global War on Terror" -- 11. The Impact of Plan Colombia on Forced Displacement -- 12. Challenging U.S. Silence: International NGOs and the Iraqi Refugee Crisis -- Conclusion -- Afterword: Migration, Human Rights, and Development -- Notes -- References -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790259003321 |
Martinez Samuel | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Understanding global slavery [[electronic resource] ] : a reader / / Kevin Bales |
Autore | Bales Kevin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.3/62 |
Soggetto topico |
Forced labor
Prostitution Slave labor Slave trade Slavery |
Soggetto non controllato |
abolition
academic antislavery crime criminal justice current affairs economics economy ethics expose global economy global issues global slavery globalization human rights human trafficking international modern slavery morals pakistan phenomenon politics race issues race racism redemption scholarly servitude slavery thailand true story us history |
ISBN |
1-282-75937-X
9786612759376 0-520-93207-2 1-59875-588-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Understanding Slavery Today -- Chapter 2. Slavery and the Human Right to Evil -- Chapter 3. No One Shall Be Held in Slavery or Servitude -- Chapter 4. Slavery and the Emergence of Non-governmental Organizations -- Chapter 5. The Challenge of Measuring Slavery -- Chapter 6. Globalization and Redemption -- Chapter 7. Human Trafficking -- Chapter 8. Understanding the Demand behind Human Trafficking -- Coda: Three Steps to Stopping Slavery -- Appendix 1. Slavery Research Questions Used in Case Studies -- Appendix 2. Rankings of Countries on Ordinal Scales for Slavery and Trafficking -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783311803321 |
Bales Kevin | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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