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Koen De Feyter, who has chaired Amnesty International's Working Group on economic, social and cultural rights, shows the many ways in which rampant market economics in today's world leads to violations of human rights. He questions how far the present-day international human rights system really provides effective protection against the adverse effects of globalization. This accessible and thought-provoking book shows both human rights activists and participants in the anti-globalization movement that there is a large, but hitherto untapped, overlap in their agendas, and real potential for a strategic alliance between them in joint campaigns around issues they share.
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Activist De Feyter (development policy and management, U. of Antwerp and the Center for Human Rights, U. of Maastricht) examines the dimensions of human rights and globalization, obstacles such as lack of compliance and selective use and interpretation of human rights precepts, the postponement of human rights in the wake of 9/11, the contributions of the UN human rights system, avenues of hope such as peoples' tribunals, and the value added by human rights in such issues as intellectual property and pharmaceuticals, microcredit, privatization and GATS, and agrarian reform. His recommendations include increasing state obligations in the field of human rights and requiring companies and financial institutions such as the IMF to make human rights a consideration in their dealings. Distributed by Palgrave Macmillan. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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