Globalization and Human Rights

Alison Brysk is Associate Professor of International Studies at the University of California, Irvine. Her previous publications include The Politics of Human Rights in Argentina: Protest, Change, and Democratization (1994) and From Tribal Village to Global Village: Indian Rights and International Relations in Latin America (2000).

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Transnational Threats and Opportunities Alison Brysk I. Citizenship 1. Who Has a Right to Rights? Citizenship's Exclusions in an Age of Migration Kristen Hill Maher 2. Tourism, Sex Work, and Women's Rights in the Dominican Republic Amalia Lucia Cabezas II. Commodification 3. Interpreting the Interaction of Global Markets and Human Rights Richard Falk 4. Economic Globalization and Rights: An Empirical Analysis Wesley T. Milner 5. Sweatshops and International Labor Standards: Globalizing Markets, Localizing Norms Raul Pangalangan III. Communication 6. The Ironies of Information Technology Shane Weyker 7. Globalization and the Social Construction of Human Rights Campaigns Clifford Bob 8. The Drama of Human Rights in a Turbulent, Globalized World James Rosenau IV. Cooperation 9. Transnational Civil Society and the World Bank Inspection Panel Jonathan Fox 10. Humanitarian Intervention: Global Enforcement of Human Rights? Wayne Sandholtz 11. Human Rights, Globalizing Flows, and State Power Jack Donnelly Conclusion: From Rights to Realities Alison Brysk Works Cited Contributors Index

"A useful examination of an important subject. This work adds important insights into human rights and globalization, a subject that is sure to remain at the center of debate for a considerable time."-David P. Forsythe, coauthor of The United Nations and Changing World Politics