The Human Right to Development in a Globalized World

Offering a comprehensive analysis of the human right to development and its realistic application in an era of economic globalization, Daniel Aguirre provides a multidisciplinary overview of economic globalization and examines its challenges to the realization of human development. He takes this further by engaging with these challenges and highlighting the human rights opportunities presented by economic globalization and the international investment system.

Dr Daniel Aguirre, EarthRights International, Chiang Mai University, Thailand.

Contents: Introduction: economic globalization and human rights; Part 1 Development in a Global World: Human rights and development cooperation in context; Development cooperation in theory: the right to development; Development cooperation in practice: international investment law. Part 2 Triadic Responsibility in a Global World: Micro-level: corporate responsibility; Macro-level regulation: state responsibility; Meso-level regulation: the international cooperation and collective responsibility; Conclusion: the right to development, legitimacy and stability in a global world; Bibliography; Index.