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Author:   Marianna Leite ,  Matti Kohonen
Publisher:   Agenda Publishing
Imprint:   Agenda Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
ISBN:  

9781788216869

ISBN 10:   1788216865
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   25 January 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Tomás Pascual Ricke, Ambassador and Director of Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile Human Rights Economy for People and the Planet: Framing the Contours of an Approach, Jyoti Sanghera 1. Introduction: what it means to “right the economy” and why we need it now Marianna Leite and Matti Kohonen Part I Framing the economy 2. Towards a Rights-Based Economy: post-growth economics and the future of welfare Olivier De Schutter 3. The Center for Economic and Social Rights’ journey to advance a rights-based economy Center for Economic and Social Rights 4. Business and human rights: from “tokenism” to “centring” rights and rightsholders Surya Deva and Harpreet Kaur 5. A human rights economy approach as the basis for a global fiscal architecture Attiya Waris 6. Macroeconomic policy and development agenda for a Rights-Based Economy Pedro Rossi 7. Financial complicity and human rights: exploring the legal and policy landscape of responsibility for sovereign debt Celine Tan and Rafael Quintero Godinez Part II Transforming the economy 8. Illicit financial flows, tax havens and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Asha Ramgobin 9. Social and solidarity economy as an alternative economy for the protection of human rights Ilcheong Yi 10. Judicial enforcement of socio-economic rights as a way to challenge neoliberalism: post-2008 austerity in Europe Kári Hólmar Ragnarsson 11. Health and human rights: what are the lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic? Jasmine Gideon and Kate Bayliss 12. From recovery to transformation? Assessing Argentina’s Covid-19 economic response through a feminist lens Magalí Brosio and Edurne Cárdenas 13. A feminist and decolonial global Green New Deal: principles, paradigms and systemic transformations Bhumika Muchhala 14. Conclusion: “righting the economy” and building on plural and decolonial models to curtail the effects of negative corporate practice Matti Kohonen and Marianna Leite  

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This stimulating book calls for the disruption of the forces that produce economies that manifestly fail to fulfil human rights and the reassembly of economies that will fulfil these rights, drawing on human rights norms and institutions, and a wide range of innovative ideas about economic alternatives. It offers new thinking for both practitioners and academics and will be indispensable reading for courses on human rights, political economy, and social and economic policy. -- Diane Elson, Emeritus Professor, University of Essex and Chair, Commission on a Gender Equal Economy

Author Information

Matti Kohonen is executive director of the Financial Transparency Coalition, a group of 11 international civil society organisations. Before joining the FTC, he worked for Christian Aid, Oxfam and the Tax Justice Network. He holds a PhD in sociology from the London School of Economics and is the co-editor of Tax Justice: Putting Global Inequality on the Agenda (2009). Marianna Leite is ACT Alliance’s Global Advocacy and Development Policy Manager. As a lawyer, researcher and activist, she has over 15 years of professional experience across the legal, academic and development sectors. She holds a post-doctorate certificate in Human Rights and Democracy from the Faculty of Law of University of Coimbra and a PhD in Development Studies from Birkbeck, University of London.

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