Global responsibilities : who must deliver on human rights? / edited by Andrew Kuper.

Global responsibilities : who must deliver on human rights? / edited by Andrew Kuper.

9781136080906 (electronic bk.)
1136080902 (electronic bk.)
0415951267
0415951275
9780203623992
9780415951265
1283842424
9781283842426
0203623991
9780203623992
1136080988
9781136080982

New York : Routledge, 2005.

English

English.

1 online resource (xxii, 283 pages)

10.4324/9780203623992 doi

JC571 .G5825 2005eb

(OCoLC)823726473

According to traditional models of human rights, states are responsible for securing the rights of their citizens. But these models do not fit reality: States are often unwilling or unable to live up to their obligations, but if human rights are to be more than empty words, then we must identify who bears the obligation to deliver on those rights. Could new powerful global actors - from nonprofit organizations to multinational corporations - hold a key to safeguarding human rights in the face of globalization? Or are they rogue actors who can never be held accountable? In Global Responsibilities, some of the world's leading theorists of ethics, politics, international relations, and economics-including Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen and philosopher Peter Singer-ask and answer the question: Who must deliver on human rights? The contributors examine the principles necessary for effectively allocating obligations to states as well as non-state actors. They apply this newresponsibilities approach to human rights to urgent problems; such as poverty relief, multiculturalism, corporate responsibility, trade standards, and the reform of multilateral institutions. Global Responsibilities is essential reading for anyone committed to achieving human rights in the era of globalization.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version: Global responsibilities. New York : Routledge, 2005

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