NGOs and the Advancement of Economic and Social Rights

Philosophical and Practical Controversies

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ID4444522
AuthorsFred Robinson (0000-0001-8867-674X, Carleton University, corresponding author), Fiona Robinson (0000-0002-7525-393X, Carleton University, Ottowa)
Year2003
Volume17
Issue1
Pages79-96
Publication date2003-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Relations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-1178 • E-ISSN: 1741-2862
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0047117803017001425
OpenAlexW4229682131
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited9

This article explores controversies surrounding economic and social rights in the context of recent moves by non-governmental organizations, notably Amnesty International, to strengthen their commitment to these 'second-generation' rights. Although this move is long overdue, particularly in an era of increasing economic polarization due to globalization, the article argues that these efforts will fail if we simply attempt to 'add' economic and social rights to the existing liberal human rights discourse. This article focuses on the contribution that feminist ethics has made to the reconceptualization of rights in theory and practice. Specifically, it argues that, in order to make sense of both the moral imperative of so-called 'welfare' rights, and the political work required to realize them, we must rethink rights in terms of relationships and the patterns of responsibility that emerge out of them

Amnesty · Context (archaeology) · Economics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Fundamental rights · Globalization · Human rights · International human rights law · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Social rights · Social science · Sociology · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Human Rights and Development · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics

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