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Global and domestic policies, and the rapid processes of economic globalisation, have led to burgeoning levels of inequality. Drawing upon insights from critical international relations theory, this book explores how global justice movements use socioeconomic rights to challenge neo-liberal global governance.

The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights have been the subject of debate over their content, non-binding nature, and capacity to improve human rights conditions in business. This book considers their issues through the eyes of scholars and practitioners from different parts of the world - including John Ruggie.

The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights have been the subject of debate over their content, non-binding nature, and capacity to improve human rights conditions in business. This book considers their issues through the eyes of scholars and practitioners from different parts of the world - including John Ruggie.

Students, academics and practitioners in law and other disciplines will learn from the world's leading experts on economic and social rights - including rights to education, health care, food and housing. The examination of constitutions, courts and international mechanisms signal a transformation in debates about human rights, constitutions, democracy and development.

"Seeking Justice: Access to Remedy for Corporate Human Rights Abuse explores victims' varying experiences in seeking remedy mechanisms for corporate human rights abuse. It puts forward a novel theory about the possibility of productive contestation and explores governance outcomes for victims of corporate human rights abuse across Latin America. This foundation informs three pathways that victims can use to press for their rights: working within the institutional environment, capitalizing on corporate characteristics, and elevating voices. Seeking Justice challenges the common assumptions in the governance gap literature and argues instead that greater democratic practices can emerge from productive contestation. This book brings to bear tough questions about the trade-offs associated with economic growth and conflicting values around human dignity - questions that are very salient today, as citizens around the globe contemplate the types of democratic and economic systems that might better prepare us for tomorrow"--