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Author:   Andrew Kuper
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.521kg
ISBN:  

9780415951265

ISBN 10:   0415951267
Pages:   306
Publication Date:   30 April 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Responsibilities Approach to Human RightsI. THE NATURE OF RESPONSIBILITYThomas Pogge , Human Rights and Human Responsibilities Onora O'Neill, Agents of JusticeAmartya Sen, Open and Closed ImpartialityII. ALLOCATING RESPONSIBILITIESSusan James, Realizing Rights as Enforceable ClaimsDavid Miller, Distributing ResponsibilitiesMichael Green , Institutional Responsibility for Global ProblemsChristian Barry, Applying the Contribution PrincipleIII. INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR POVERTY RELIEFAndrew Kuper, Global Poverty Relief: More Than CharityPeter Singer, Poverty, Facts, and Political PhilosophiesReply to SingerReply to Kuper IV. ACCOUNTABILITY OF ACTORS IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMYDavid Held, Globalization, Corporate Practice and Cosmopolitan Social StandardsS. Prakash Sethi, Corporate Codes of Conduct and the Success of GlobalizationMelissa Lane, The Moral Dimension of Corporate AccountabilityNgaire Woods, Held to Account: Governance in the World EconomyNotes on ContributorsAppendix

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Global Responsibilities substantially advances the important debate on the relationship between human rights and human duties.. <br>-Richard Goldstone, former Chief Prosecutor, Rwanda and Yugoslavia Tribunals <br>... a welcome contribution by leading thinkers to the changing landscape of international human rights.. <br>-Mary Robinson, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights <br>

Global Responsibilities substantially advances the important debate on the relationship between human rights and human duties.. -Richard Goldstone, former Chief Prosecutor, Rwanda and Yugoslavia Tribunals ... a welcome contribution by leading thinkers to the changing landscape of international human rights.. -Mary Robinson, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Author Information

Andrew Kuper is a Managing Director at Ashoka Innovators for the Public. He has been a Fellow of Trinity College at Cambridge University, a visiting scholar at Harvard and Columbia Universities, and Senior Associate at the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs. He is also Co-Director of Kuper Research, a media and sociopolitical consultancy based in Johannesburg. He is the author of Democracy Beyond Borders

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