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Category:
Political Science
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10: 1107047153
Type: Non-Fiction
Pages: 577
Copyright: 2014
ISBN-13: 1107047153
The global North and the global South have different interpretations on the human rights to peace and development. This book identifies those differences and proposes legal, economic, political, and negotiated solutions to heal the divide and rift. The global South has emphasized solidarity rights, inclusion, and social justice, while the global North has been exclusionary in following its neoliberal economic model---thereby creating a climate of injustice, wars, and environmental degradation matched to increasing poverty and inequality. In order to correct this imbalance, human rights need to be redefined in accordance with a "Human Rights-Based Approach" to development to correct this imbalance and the injustices that flow from it.
The human rights to peace and development have different meanings from the perspective of those in the global North as opposed to the global South. The global North has been historically limiting the definition of human rights to a narrow version of political and civil rights---which are often violated in the North Atlantic countries. In contrast, the global South has opposed the economic and political imperialism of the global North for centuries---struggling for a more inclusionary approach to development that rejects the neoliberal economic model, the institutions of the IMF, World Bank, and WTO. Rather, human rights in the global South, are defined in terms of "solidarity rights" and are more inclusive, respectful of the rights of indigenous people and natural resources--- as opposed to the endless search for profits and resources exploitation by Western multinational corporations. The effects of poverty, war, and environmental degradation are linked together and are not mutually exclusive. Therefore, the human rights to peace and development are interlinked, intertwined, and interconnected as well--- which the central thesis of this book.
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