Economic and social rights after the global financial crisis /
Nolan, Aoife,
Economic and social rights after the global financial crisis / edited by Aoife Nolan. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (xxxiv, 378 pages)
II. The prohibition of retrogression under Article 2(1) of ICESCR: origins and key questions.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; List of figures; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Table of cases; Table of legislation; List of abbreviations; Introduction; I. Painting the big (global) picture: the crises and economic and social rights protection internationally; II. Teasing out obligations in a time of crisis; III. Exploring responses to financial and economic crises; IV. Conclusions and new post-crisis frontiers; Part I Painting the big (global) picture; 1 Alternatives to austerity; I. Introduction; II. Human rights framework. A. Using the maximum resources availableB. Ensuring minimum essential levels of ESCR; C. Avoiding deliberate retrogressive measures; D. Ensuring non-discrimination and equality; E. Guaranteeing participation; F. Ensuring accountability; III. States' responses to the crises and their potential threat to the realisation of human rights; A. Eroding social protection systems; B. Cutting spending on public services; C. Reducing wage bills; D. Implementing regressive taxation measures; E. Limiting food subsidies; IV. Recommendations for a rights-based recovery. A. Ensuring a social protection floor for allB. Promoting employment and supporting decent work; C. Implementing socially responsible taxation policies; D. Enhancing financial regulation; E. Adopting a comprehensive national strategy to reduce poverty; F. Conducting human rights impact assessments; G. Ensuring gender-sensitive policies; H. Increasing participation and creating a national dialogue; I. Ensuring vulnerable people can effectively challenge policy decisions that threaten their ESCR; J. Strengthening state institutional and technical capacity and data collection. K. Enhancing international assistance and cooperationV. Conclusion -- crisis as opportunity: a time for transformative policies; 2 Late-neoliberalism; I. Introduction; II. The rise of housing finance; III. The international human rights framework; IV. Prevalent housing finance policies and their impact on the right to adequate housing of people living in poverty; A. Mortgage markets; B. Demand subsidies; C. Housing micro-finance; V. Summing up and setting out an alternative: a human rights-based approach to housing policies; 3 The role of global governance in supporting human rights. I. IntroductionII. The shock of 2008: a short history of the food price crisis; III. The diagnosis: the need for improved consistency across policy areas; IV. The role of human rights in shaping international regimes: the Rome Model; A. The reform of the Committee on World Food Security; B. The next steps; V. Conclusion; Part II Teasing out obligations in a time of crisis; 4 Two steps forward, no steps back? Evolving criteria on the prohibition of retrogression in economic, social and cultural rights; I. Introduction.
This book addresses the interrelationship between economic and financial crises, the responses thereto, and economic and social rights.
English.
9781316077924 1316077926 9781316073186 1316073181 9781107337954 110733795X 9781316075548 1316075540 9781316056639 (e-book) 1316056635 9781316054277 (e-book) 1316054276 9781316082645 (e-book) 1316082644 1107618428 9781107618428 9781316080283 (e-book) 1316080285 1316070824 9781316070826 (paperback)
2008-2009
Economic policy.
Basic needs--Law and legislation.
Human rights--Economic aspects.
Social rights.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
Politique économique.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)--Aspect économique.
Droits économiques et sociaux.
Crise financière mondiale, 2008-2009.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Human Rights.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Economics--General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Reference.
Basic needs--Law and legislation.
Economic policy.
Human rights--Economic aspects.
Social rights.
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (New York, 16 December 1966)
Economic, social and cultural rights.
Economic crisis.
Economic policy.
International law and national law.
Globalization.
Electronic books.
K3820 .E26 2014
330
Economic and social rights after the global financial crisis / edited by Aoife Nolan. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (xxxiv, 378 pages)
II. The prohibition of retrogression under Article 2(1) of ICESCR: origins and key questions.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; List of figures; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Table of cases; Table of legislation; List of abbreviations; Introduction; I. Painting the big (global) picture: the crises and economic and social rights protection internationally; II. Teasing out obligations in a time of crisis; III. Exploring responses to financial and economic crises; IV. Conclusions and new post-crisis frontiers; Part I Painting the big (global) picture; 1 Alternatives to austerity; I. Introduction; II. Human rights framework. A. Using the maximum resources availableB. Ensuring minimum essential levels of ESCR; C. Avoiding deliberate retrogressive measures; D. Ensuring non-discrimination and equality; E. Guaranteeing participation; F. Ensuring accountability; III. States' responses to the crises and their potential threat to the realisation of human rights; A. Eroding social protection systems; B. Cutting spending on public services; C. Reducing wage bills; D. Implementing regressive taxation measures; E. Limiting food subsidies; IV. Recommendations for a rights-based recovery. A. Ensuring a social protection floor for allB. Promoting employment and supporting decent work; C. Implementing socially responsible taxation policies; D. Enhancing financial regulation; E. Adopting a comprehensive national strategy to reduce poverty; F. Conducting human rights impact assessments; G. Ensuring gender-sensitive policies; H. Increasing participation and creating a national dialogue; I. Ensuring vulnerable people can effectively challenge policy decisions that threaten their ESCR; J. Strengthening state institutional and technical capacity and data collection. K. Enhancing international assistance and cooperationV. Conclusion -- crisis as opportunity: a time for transformative policies; 2 Late-neoliberalism; I. Introduction; II. The rise of housing finance; III. The international human rights framework; IV. Prevalent housing finance policies and their impact on the right to adequate housing of people living in poverty; A. Mortgage markets; B. Demand subsidies; C. Housing micro-finance; V. Summing up and setting out an alternative: a human rights-based approach to housing policies; 3 The role of global governance in supporting human rights. I. IntroductionII. The shock of 2008: a short history of the food price crisis; III. The diagnosis: the need for improved consistency across policy areas; IV. The role of human rights in shaping international regimes: the Rome Model; A. The reform of the Committee on World Food Security; B. The next steps; V. Conclusion; Part II Teasing out obligations in a time of crisis; 4 Two steps forward, no steps back? Evolving criteria on the prohibition of retrogression in economic, social and cultural rights; I. Introduction.
This book addresses the interrelationship between economic and financial crises, the responses thereto, and economic and social rights.
English.
9781316077924 1316077926 9781316073186 1316073181 9781107337954 110733795X 9781316075548 1316075540 9781316056639 (e-book) 1316056635 9781316054277 (e-book) 1316054276 9781316082645 (e-book) 1316082644 1107618428 9781107618428 9781316080283 (e-book) 1316080285 1316070824 9781316070826 (paperback)
2008-2009
Economic policy.
Basic needs--Law and legislation.
Human rights--Economic aspects.
Social rights.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
Politique économique.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)--Aspect économique.
Droits économiques et sociaux.
Crise financière mondiale, 2008-2009.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Human Rights.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Economics--General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Reference.
Basic needs--Law and legislation.
Economic policy.
Human rights--Economic aspects.
Social rights.
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (New York, 16 December 1966)
Economic, social and cultural rights.
Economic crisis.
Economic policy.
International law and national law.
Globalization.
Electronic books.
K3820 .E26 2014
330