Human Rights and World Trade: Hunger in International Society (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780415349390)

A new and incisive analysis of the political viability of human rights, with an in-depth investigation of its largest violation: world hunger. Gonzalez-Pelaez develops John Vincent's theory of basic human rights within the context of the international political economy and demonstrates how the right to food has become an international norm enshrined within international law. She then assesses the international normative and practical dimensions of hunger in connection with international trade and poverty. Using the society of states as the framework of analysis, she explores the potential that the current system has to correct its own anomalies, and examines the measures that can move the hunger agenda forward in order to break through its current stagnation.

Author: Ana Gonzalez-Pelaez
ISBN-10: 0415349397
ISBN-13: 9780415349390
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2005
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 9.44h x 6.46w x 0.65d