The Globalization of Rights

From Citizenship to Human Rights

Bibliographic Data

ID4525488
AuthorsGershon Shafir (0000-0002-6645-9936, Universidad Católica Santo Domingo, corresponding author), Alison Brysk (0000-0002-0789-7143, Universidad para la Cooperación Internacional)
Year2006
Volume10
Issue3
Pages275-287
Publication date2006-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCitizenship Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1362-1025 • E-ISSN: 1469-3593
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13621020600772073
OpenAlexW2064225035
LanguageEN
Citations received24
References cited37

Globalization is shifting the balance away from membership-based citizenship towards universal human rights, thus we ask: how are new human rights generated? We argue that the movement for human rights follows on the heels of the much older and richer tradition of citizenship, as can be seen from the fact that many of the new claims put forward by human rights activists seek to define traditional citizenship rights as universal human rights. Most recently, we witness attempts by NGOs and CSOs to bring health, rights-based development, and identity rights under the umbrella of human rights. We examine the changing but continuous relationship of these two rights traditions, the gains made by human rights activists and the global solidarity and national enforcement capacity needed to underwrite their further progress

Citizenship · Globalization · Human rights · International human rights law · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Human Rights and Development · Labor Movements and Unions · Law

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