Revisiting interdependence in times and terms of crisis

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ID12720105
AuthorsMichael Goodhart (0000-0001-6820-602X, University of Pittsburgh, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume19
Issue5
Pages520-527
Publication date2020-10-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Human Rights (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1475-4835 • E-ISSN: 1475-4843
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14754835.2020.1814709
OpenAlexW3098453561
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited11

Scholars and lawyers have long debated the meaning of the interdependence of human rights. Revisiting that question in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates both that the substantive enjoyment of many human rights is practically interdependent and that that relationship is neither logically nor functionally necessary, as much of the literature imagines. This article introduces the idea of negative interdependence, a term that highlights how crises can trigger chain reactions of rights violations and deprivations that disproportionately affect oppressed and vulnerable people. It argues that negative interdependence provides a crucial analytical and critical framework for the political project of securing the equal enjoyment of human rights for everyone

Economics · Epistemology · Political economy · Political science · Positive economics · Sociology · Philosophy · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Psychology

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