Human Right to Development in a Globalized World

A comprehensive analysis of the human right to development and its realistic application in an era of economic globalization, Aguirre provides a multidisciplinary overview of economic globalization and examines its challenges to the realization of human development. However, he does not simply identify the problem but engages it with these challenges and highlights the human rights opportunities presented by economic globalization.Proposing a triadic system of responsibility for human rights in development, it includes mapping the overlapping human rights responsibilities of corporations at the micro-level, states at the macro-level and the international community at the meso-level. Failure at any of these levels to formulate a framework in which a rights-based approach to development can be achieved, undermines the entire process.The scope of this book is broad and the approach to the subject is new. Economic globalization and the rise of corporate power has created rapid economic growth but has simultaneously fostered extreme inequality and underdevelopment that can undermine human rights. This has generated interest across many disciplines, including political science, international law, and economics. Activists, academics and development practitioners in many fields should also read this book.