The Global New Deal: Economic and Social Human Rights in World Politics

by Felice, William F.

• ISBN13: 9780742517820
• ISBN10: 0742517829
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

Close to half of humanity--2.8 billion people--barely survive on less than $2 a day. The less developed countries often face economic deprivation caused not by state action or inaction, but by the global economic system itself. In addition, basic human rights as guaranteed by international law defined by the United Nations are violated daily. The Global New Deal investigates six key areas central to the achievement of economic and social human rights: the international political economy, the UN, ecosystem protection, racial bias, gender equality, and military spending. The author then introduces what he calls the global new deal, a set of international policy proposals designed to protect the vulnerable and end needless suffering. These structural reforms provide a viable means by which to safeguard social and economic human rights for all.

Author Biography

William F. Felice is associate professor of international relations and global affairs at Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
A Note to the Reader on Terminology and Acronyms	xiii
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms	xv
Global Policy Choices: There Are Alternatives	1	(12)
International Political Economy and Economic and Social Human Rights	13	(36)
The United Nations and Economic and Social Human Rights	49	(46)
The Environment and Economic and Social Human Rights	95	(32)
Race and Economic and Social Human Rights	127	(30)
Gender and Economic and Social Human Rights	157	(28)
Military Spending and Economic and Social Human Rights	185	(22)
The Global New Deal	207	(30)
Notes	237	(30)
Index	267	(10)
About the Author	277