Closing the Rights Gap From Human Rights to Social Transformation [Hardcover]

Do human rightsas embodied in constitutions, national laws, and international agreementsfoster improvements in the lives of the poor or otherwise marginalized populations? When, where, how, and under what conditions?Closing the Rights Gap: From Human Rights to Social Transformationsystematically compares a range of case studies from around the world in order to clarify the conditions under whichand institutions through whicheconomic, social, and cultural rights are progressively realized in practice. It concludes with testable hypotheses regarding how significant transformative change might occur, as well as an agenda for future research to facilitate rights realization worldwide.

LaDawn Haglundis Associate Professor of Justice and Social Inquiry at Arizona State University and author ofLimiting Resources: Market-Led Reform and the Transformation of Public Goods.

Robin Strykeris Professor of Sociology, Affiliated Professor of Law, Affiliated Professor of Government and Public Policy, and Research Director, National Institute for Civil Discourse, at the University of Arizona. She publishes regularly in journals includingAmerican Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Law & Social Inquiry, Sociological Methods and Research, Socio-Economic Review, Research in the Sociology of Organizations,andSocial Politics.

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Preface

Introduction: Making Sense of the Multiple and Complex Pathways by which Human Rights Are Realized (LaDawn Haglund and Robin Stryker)

PART ONE: PROMISES AND CHALLENGES OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL RIGHTS (ESCR) REALIZATION AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
1. Do NonHuman Rights Regimes Undermine the Achievement of Economic and Social Rights? (M. Rodwan Abouharb, David L. Cingranelli, and Mikhail Filippov)
2. Linking Law and Economics: TrlÓp