| Descript. |
xiii, 189 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
RIPE series in global political economy
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| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Global governance and rights -- International migration -- The regulatory framework of economic migration -- The governance of migration in Southeast and East Asia -- Children's sphere in a globalizing world -- Governing childhood -- The governance of children in Latin America -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
"The authors analyze the scope and effectiveness of rights-based governance in attaching a rights framework to emerging governance regimes and discourses as well as their utility for claiming rights in practice. In exploring how the architecture and instruments of global governance provide new spaces for political activism, as well as obstacles, the central argument highlights the importance of claiming rights. However, making claims first requires that issues such as poverty, workplace conditions or social exclusion are conceptualized, in a collective way, as rights violations. In order to be effective on the ground, rights must go beyond the purely legal domain, inherent in conceptions of liberal global governance as the 'rule of law' or 'good governance', and must inform state policies." |
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"This book explores and analyzes how liberal global governance is really affecting ordinary people and how this can be both an opportunity and an obstacle to development, citizenship, voice and inclusion. To demonstrate this, case studies represent some of the most marginalized groups of people in Asia and Latin America: children and foreign workers. By taking a 'bottom-up' perspective, this study marks a shift from a vision of liberal global governance as a way to manage ordinary people, to one that posits global governance as a potential opportunity structure for political activism as well as a space of regulation." |
| Subject |
International organization.
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Globalization.
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Globalization -- Social aspects.
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| Other Author |
Piper, Nicola.
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| ISBN |
9780415361279 (hbk.) |
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0415361273 (hbk.) |
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9780415361286 (pbk.) |
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0415361281 (pbk.) |
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9780203933602 (ebk.) |
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0203933605 (ebk.) |
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