Chapter 1 Introduction: The Elimination of World Poverty Chapter 2 Global Policy Choices: There Are Alternatives Chapter 3 International Political Economy and Economic and Social Human Rights Chapter 4 The United Nations and Economic and Social Human Rights Chapter 5 The Environment and Economic and Social Human Rights Chapter 6 Race and Economic and Social Human Rights Chapter 7 Gender and Economic and Social Human Rights Chapter 8 Military Spending and Economic and Social Human Rights Chapter 9 The United States and Economic and Social Human Rights:A Contrast with Europe Chapter 10 The Global New Deal
William F. Felice is professor of international relations and global affairs at Eckerd College.
Praise for the first edition: Felice's well-conceived proposals for
enhanced benevolent global governance offer the only practical
solutions to the social cancer of mass poverty, which is
undermining world stability. His proposals are likely to
dominatethe ongoing debate concerning the means for achieving a
more humane and sustainable globalization....
*Maurice Williams, former assistant secretary-general, United
Nations*
Praise for the first edition: The Global New Deal makes a real
contribution in presenting a coherent agenda for international
action in a form which, I suspect and hope, will appeal to many
students.....
*Sir Richard Jolly, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex,
United Kingdom*
Praise for the first edition: The central value of the volume is
its discussion of the variety of existing institutions and laws
that potentially can be harnessed to address global poverty.
Recommended.....
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Praise for the first edition: In this groundbreaking book, William
Felice demonstrates the necessity of approaching human rights in
its full complexity, and how a comprehensive approach to the
subject may bring about real change for people suffering fromsevere
human rights violations....
*Sigrun I. Skogly, Lancaster University Law School*
Praise for the first edition: Student friendly. . . . The questions
addressed in each chapter are introduced clearly, and there are
useful boxes detailing key information. . . . The Global New Deal
is a sophisticated and succinct text.....
*Millennium: Journal of International Studies*
Praise for the first edition:
Student friendly. . . . The questions addressed in each chapter are
introduced clearly, and there are useful boxes detailing key
information. . . . The Global New Deal is a sophisticated and
succinct text.
*Millennium: Journal of International Studies*
Praise for the first edition:
The Global New Deal makes a real contribution in presenting a
coherent agenda for international action in a form which, I suspect
and hope, will appeal to many students.
*Sir Richard Jolly, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex,
United Kingdom*
Praise for the first edition:
The central value of the volume is its discussion of the variety of
existing institutions and laws that potentially can be harnessed to
address global poverty. Recommended.
*CHOICE*
Praise for the first edition:
In this groundbreaking book, William Felice demonstrates the
necessity of approaching human rights in its full complexity, and
how a comprehensive approach to the subject may bring about real
change for people suffering from severe human rights
violations.
*Sigrun I. Skogly, Lancaster University Law School*
Praise for the first edition:
Felice's well-conceived proposals for enhanced benevolent global
governance offer the only practical solutions to the social cancer
of mass poverty, which is undermining world stability. His
proposals are likely to dominate the ongoing debate concerning the
means for achieving a more humane and sustainable
globalization.
*Maurice Williams, former assistant secretary-general, United
Nations*
Praise for the first edition:
This book amounts to that rare beast: an intelligent text that, as
it informs, makes an interesting argument of its own. It also
advances a set of specific proposals that could inspire lively
class discussion and debate.
*Michael J. Smith, University of Virginia*
Praise for the first edition:
Through knowledge and imagination, solid evidence and insightful
analysis, William Felice demonstrates that a global new deal is a
viable alternative to the untenable status quo. He shows how
getting there is a well-informed, deliberate process of
'globalization from below,' not a jump of faith! This book is a
valuable resource for scholars and students of international
relations and human rights, and an inspiring and empowering
challenge to practitioners, local activists, and global citizens
everywhere.
*Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im, Emory University School of Law*
The first edition of this book, aside from being a great primer on
the inner workings of the United Nations, made a compelling case
that there are meaningful policy alternatives to the current
socio-economic order that consigns hundreds of millions to poverty,
malnutrition, and easily preventable disease. The second edition
significantly expands the moral and economic justification for
pursuing a Global New Deal. Felice (and Fuguitt) provides clear
discussions of why global public goods are essential and how
policies can be altered to better ensure their equitable provision.
That, in combination with an expanded discussion of the
capabilities approach, makes this book a rare achievement: a
sophisticated yet clearly written work that—while conveying the
moral urgency of fundamental policy change—also shows how that
change is practical, congruent with international law, and in
everyone’s best interest.
*Brent L. Pickett, University of Wyoming*
This second edition is a rare discovery: methodologically sound and
relevant social science research laced with a strong dose of
compassion. A broad definition of human rights, based on the
'transitivity principle'—subsistence needs must be satisfied prior
to the realization of other rights—is adopted. Yet, however
measured, world poverty remains staggering despite the decade-old
UN articulation of Millennium Development Goals (MDG), intended to
substantially reduce poverty by 2015 as a first major step toward
the fulfillment of universally declared fundamental rights.
Progress toward the MDG has been sluggish and probably, from this
reviewer's perspective, impeded by the global recession.
Nevertheless, institutional mechanisms, such as committees to
monitor rights, remain to strengthen rights for disadvantaged
groups, those of gender and race included. Committees can be
reinforced while certain policies, like military spending, can be
redirected to advance rights. Felice (Eckerd College) offers a
systematic analysis of pertinent data informed by human rights
theory that, in turn, yields positive recommendations at the end of
each chapter and, taken collectively, 'a new global deal' to
effectively promote economic and social human rights. Research tied
to relevance and compassion at its academic best. Highly
recommended.
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