A Watershed Moment For Social Policy And Human Rights

Author : Clair, Amy,Fledderjohann, Jasmine
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447363842

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A Watershed Moment for Social Policy and Human Rights? by Clair, Amy,Fledderjohann, Jasmine Pdf

With the ideological shift to neoliberalism and the introduction of austerity measures following the Global Recession, the UK has experienced divestment in the National Health Service, growing food bank use, increasing housing problems and growing inequities in access to digital services. These inequities have been both highlighted and compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic. Questioning the ideology that economic growth should be prioritised above all else, this book demonstrates that an alternative approach to social policy, based on human rights and social justice, is necessary to tackle the existing systemic inequalities brought to the foreground by COVID-19.

Author : Clair, Amy,Fledderjohann, Jasmine,Bran Knowles
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447363859

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A Watershed Moment for Social Policy and Human Rights? by Clair, Amy,Fledderjohann, Jasmine,Bran Knowles Pdf

With the ideological shift to neoliberalism and the introduction of austerity measures following the Global Recession, the UK has experienced divestment in the National Health Service, growing food bank use, increasing housing problems and growing inequities in access to digital services. These inequities have been both highlighted and compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic. Questioning the ideology that economic growth should be prioritised above all else, this book demonstrates that an alternative approach to social policy, based on human rights and social justice, is necessary to tackle the existing systemic inequalities brought to the foreground by COVID-19.

Author : Colin Turbett
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031524400

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Rural Social Work in the UK by Colin Turbett Pdf

Author : McCann, Gerard,Ó hAdhmaill, Felim
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447349228

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International Human Rights, Social Policy & Global by McCann, Gerard,Ó hAdhmaill, Felim Pdf

With international human rights under challenge, this book represents a comprehensive critique that adds a social policy perspective to recent political and legalistic analysis. Expert contributors draw on local and global examples to review constructs of universal rights and their impact on social policy and human welfare. With thorough analysis of their strengths, weaknesses and enforcement, it sets out their role in domestic and geopolitical affairs. For those with an interest in social policy, ethics, politics and international relations, this is an honest appraisal of both the concepts of international human rights and their realities.

Author : Jerome H. Schiele
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781412971034

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Social Welfare Policy by Jerome H. Schiele Pdf

This book examines the conceptual, historical and practical implications that various social policies in the United States have had on ethnic minorities.

Author : Courtney Hercus
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498574020

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The Struggle over Human Rights by Courtney Hercus Pdf

The Struggle over Human Rights: The Non-Aligned Movement, Jimmy Carter, and Neoliberalism traces the origins of the relationship between neoliberalism and the modern doctrine of human rights to the 1970s. It uses empirical evidence to prove that the Carter administration transformed the U.S., and the traditional Western liberal approach to human rights, in response, in part, to the actions of the Non-Aligned Movement. The New International Economic Order (NIEO), a high-point in Non-Aligned solidarity, placed pressures on the power relations of the international system and sought to advance the social and economic rights of the Third World. Carter’s transformation promoted civil and political rights as the only acceptable “human” rights and relegated economic rights to a “basic needs” approach, undercutting welfare state principles in the U.S. and in the newly emergent independent states in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. This doctrine, as the book highlights through extensive archival research, sharpened the definition of international human rights to serve the maintenance of the U.S.-led world order. Carter’s diplomatic use of human rights obfuscated exploitative economic structures and paved the way for an aggressive neoliberal transformation through World Bank and IMF Structural Adjustment Programs under Reagan. Historical studies of human rights have ignored these connections, making this book a unique contribution to the scholarship of human rights.

Author : Guobin Zhu,Mark Kielsgard,Surya Deva
Publisher : City University of HK Press
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789629376154

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Constitutional Law and Human Rights in Hong Kong—A Sourcebook by Guobin Zhu,Mark Kielsgard,Surya Deva Pdf

The context in which constitutional laws and human rights instruments are read is ever-changing, and this is particularly true for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. To understand the application of both national and local legislation and internationally recognized covenants, it is essential to be well acquainted with the documents themselves. Constitutional Law and Human Rights in Hong Kong—A Sourcebook is a one-stop resource for teaching, learning, and researching constitutional law and human rights in Hong Kong. As a handbook of teaching materials suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate studies, it is an indispensable tool for courses such as Hong Kong Constitutional Law, Basic Law, Public Law of Hong Kong, The Law of Human Rights of Hong Kong, International Human Rights Law, International Criminal Law, International Labour Law, Law and Gender, International Environmental Law, Business and Human Rights, and Discrimination Law. Moreover, it is equally useful for teaching and research in the fields of political science, business, and other social sciences. • Up-to-date legislation • Condensed into a single volume • An essential teaching and reference guide • Applicable across multiple legal fields

Author : Laurie Buonanno,Neill Nugent
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781352011142

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Policies and Policy Processes of the European Union by Laurie Buonanno,Neill Nugent Pdf

The dynamic and complex system of European Union policymaking is analysed in this new edition of a much-praised textbook. It offers the most integrated understanding of EU policy available. Major approaches to policymaking – including intergovernmentalism, neofunctionalism, supranationalism and critical theory – are presented and supplemented with the authors' own theoretical model, federal integration, to create a comprehensive evaluation of the EU's interests and actors in key policy domains. The text covers the EU's main policy areas – including those on the single market, Economic and Monetary Union, foreign policy, migration and border control, social and regional policies, and the budget – locating them in this wider theoretical framework. As such, it is the key introduction to the subject for students of European Politics at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. New to this Edition: - Each chapter rewritten, many extensively, throughout - New chapters on migration and border control, competition policy, and social and cohesion policies. - New illustrative material and many new examples - Each chapter now includes a Guide to Further Reading Accompanying online resources for this title can be found at bloomsburyonlineresources.com/policies-and-policy-processes-of-the-european-union. These resources are designed to support teaching and learning when using this textbook and are available at no extra cost

Author : Philip G. Alston,Nikki R. Reisch
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780190882259

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Tax, Inequality, and Human Rights by Philip G. Alston,Nikki R. Reisch Pdf

For the first time, Human Rights and Tax in an Unequal World brings together works by human rights and tax law experts, to illustrate the linkages between the two fields and to reveal their mutual relevance in tackling economic, social, and political inequalities. Against the backdrop of systemic corporate tax avoidance, the widespread use of tax havens, persistent pressures to embrace austerity policies, and growing gaps between the rich and poor, this book encourages readers to understand fiscal policy as human rights policy, with profound consequences for the wellbeing of citizens around the world. The essays collected examine where the foundational principles of tax law and human rights law intersect and diverge; discuss the cross-border nature and human rights impacts of abusive practices like tax avoidance and evasion; question the role of states in bringing transparency and accountability to tax policies and practices; highlight the responsibility of private sector actors for the consequences of tax laws; and critically evaluate certain domestic tax rules through the lens of equality and non-discrimination. The contributing scholars and practitioners explore how an international human rights framework can anchor debates around international tax reform and domestic fiscal consolidation in existing state obligations. They address what human rights law requires of state tax policies, and what a state's tax laws and loopholes mean for the enjoyment of human rights within and outside its borders. Ultimately, tax and human rights both turn on the relationship between the individual and the state, and thus both fields face crises as the social contract frays and populist, illiberal regimes are on the rise.

Author : Berber Bevernage,Nico Wouters
Publisher : Springer
Page : 877 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349953066

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The Palgrave Handbook of State-Sponsored History After 1945 by Berber Bevernage,Nico Wouters Pdf

This handbook provides the first systematic integrated analysis of the role that states or state actors play in the construction of history and public memory after 1945. The book focuses on many different forms of state-sponsored history, including memory laws, monuments and memorials, state-archives, science policies, history in schools, truth commissions, historical expert commissions, the use of history in courts and tribunals etc. The handbook contributes to the study of history and public memory by combining elements of state-focused research in separate fields of study. By looking at the state’s memorialising capacities the book introduces an analytical perspective that is not often found in classical studies of the state. The handbook has a broad geographical focus and analyses cases from different regions around the world. The volume mainly tackles democratic contexts, although dictatorial regimes are not excluded.

Author : Katharine G. Young
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 711 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108418133

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The Future of Economic and Social Rights by Katharine G. Young Pdf

Captures significant transformations in the theory and practice of economic and social rights in constitutional and human rights law.

Author : Christof Mauersberger
Publisher : Springer
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319212784

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Advocacy Coalitions and Democratizing Media Reforms in Latin America by Christof Mauersberger Pdf

This book examines democratizing media reforms in Latin America. The author explains why some countries have recently passed such reforms in the broadcasting sector, while others have not. By offering a civil society perspective, the author moves beyond conventional accounts that perceive media reforms primarily as a form of government repression to punish oppositional media. Instead, he highlights the pioneering role of civil society coalitions, which have managed to revitalize the debate on communication rights and translated them into specific regulatory outcomes such as the promotion of community radio stations. The book provides an in-depth, comparative analysis of media reform debates in Argentina and Brazil (analyzing Chile and Uruguay as complementary cases), supported by original qualitative research. As such, it advances our understanding of how shifting power relations and social forces are affecting policymaking in Latin America and beyond.

Author : George Wilton
Publisher : Az Boek
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9786256315648

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Inequality and growth: socio-economic perspectives by George Wilton Pdf

Author : Carolyn Hughes Tuohy,Sophie Borwein,Peter John Loewen,Andrew Potter
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781487519872

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Policy Transformation in Canada by Carolyn Hughes Tuohy,Sophie Borwein,Peter John Loewen,Andrew Potter Pdf

Canada's centennial anniversary in 1967 coincided with a period of transformative public policymaking. This period saw the establishment of the modern welfare state, as well as significant growth in the area of cultural diversity, including multiculturalism and bilingualism. Meanwhile, the rising commitment to the protection of individual and collective rights was captured in the project of a "just society." Tracing the past, present, and future of Canadian policymaking, Policy Transformation in Canada examines the country's current and most critical challenges: the renewal of the federation, managing diversity, Canada's relations with Indigenous peoples, the environment, intergenerational equity, global economic integration, and Canada's role in the world. Scrutinizing various public policy issues through the prism of Canada’s sesquicentennial, the contributors consider the transformation of policy and present an accessible portrait of how the Canadian view of policymaking has been reshaped, and where it may be heading in the next fifty years.

Author : Stan Stevens
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780816530915

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Indigenous Peoples, National Parks, and Protected Areas by Stan Stevens Pdf

""This passionate, well-researched book makes a compelling case for a paradigm shift in conservation practice. It explores new policies and practices, which offer alternatives to exclusionary, uninhabited national parks and wilderness areas and make possible new kinds of protected areas that recognize Indigenous peoples' rights and benefit from their knowledge and conservation contributions"--Provided by publisher"--