Table of Contents

Contents

Acknowledgments

Acronyms

1. Human Rights and Globalization

2. Globalization, Poverty, and Inequality

3. Global Neoliberalism

4. A Positive Model

5. Negative Models

6. Global Human Rights Governance

7. Civil Society

8. The Politics of Resentment

9. The Primacy of Politics

References

Index

About the Author

Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann holds the Canada Research Chair in International Human Rights and is Professor in the Department of Global Studies and the Balsillie School of International Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Reviews

“This is a book which, in the words of Paul Collier, can help ‘citizens of the rich world . . . take responsibility for their own ignorance about trade policy’ without capitulating to the simplicities of neoliberalism. It refuses to discuss human rights in an economic vacuum, but neither does it advocate forswearing them in the name of economic growth. Masterly in its use of evidence, careful and balanced in argument, this book is essential reading for anyone who is suspicious of the too-easy moral rectitude of some of globalization’s ‘radical’ critics, but who still prioritizes human rights in all circumstances and wants the rest of the world to do so too.”—Gavin Kitching, University of New South Wales