Globalization and human rights in the developing world / edited by Derrick M. Nault, Shawn L. England.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface; D.M.Nault and Place of publication not identifiedEngland Introduction; D.M.Nault -- PART I: GLOBALIZATION, THE STATE, AND HUMAN RIGHTS -- Globalization and the Commercialization of Humanity: The State, Trafficking in Persons, and Human Rights Challenges in Africa / B.Onuoha -- Exclusionary Globalization: Sanctions, Military Rule, and Non-democratization in Myanmar / P.Strefford -- PART II: TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS -- Transnational Corporations and the Protection of Human Rights: Non-Financial Reporting as an Option / O.Osuji -- The Duty to Protect against Human Rights Violations Committed Abroad by Transnational Corporations and their Subsidiaries / B.Zammitto -- PART III: FINANCIAL FLOWS, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THE GLOBAL SOUTH -- Do Official Development Aid and Foreign Direct Investment Promote Good Governance in Africa? / A.Lemi -- The 'Creditors in Competition': Chávez and the Bank of the South versus the IMF / R.Paterson -- PART IV: GENOCIDE IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE -- The Role of Globalization in the Causes, Consequences, Prevention, and Punishment of Genocide / M.Hiebert -- Confronting 'Linguistic Genocide': Language Repression in Kurdistan / E.Voulgarakis and B.Dawei.

The concepts of globalization and human rights have each produced a vast literature, but surprisingly few works have analyzed the implications of globalization for human rights. As the nations and peoples of the world become increasingly drawn together economically, politically and culturally, a deeper understanding of the consequences of globalization for freedom and wellbeing is clearly needed. This volume explicitly focuses on the developing world, where human rights abuses are the most serious, extensive and sustained. It examines how global processes are affecting the rights of peoples in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. Moreover, the authors discuss new ways human rights can be enforced internationally and which institutions and policies are appropriate in a global age. Containing insightful and provocative chapters by international scholars, the book covers four broad themes: Globalization, the State and Human Rights; Transnational Corporations and Human Rights; Financial Flows, Human Rights and the Global South; and Genocide in Global Perspective.