Offers a human rights perspective on the topical issue of financial crisis at a time of the growing importance of human rights for development and public policy Marks the first known comparative analysis of the human rights consequences of systemic banking crisis that focuses on low-income and least developed countries Uses a wealth of data to empirically evaluate change in basic human rights and women's economic rights practices Takes a multidisciplinary approach and speaks to a diverse audience interested in human rights, development, political economy, public policy, and social work

Autorentext
Rana S. Gautam is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology & Human Services at the University of North Georgia, USA. Before joining academia, he worked in the IT industry and was a journalist with an Indian daily newspaper.

Klappentext

A probing and sophisticated analysis of the relationship between ever more precarious human rights and ever more common financial crises.

Joel Blau, Professor Emeritus of Social Policy, Stony Brook University, USA

  The central questions Gautam studies herewhich segments of society suffer the most during financial crises and whyare vital and timely. His thoughtful investigation teaches us a lot about the distributional implications of financial crises and how political institutions mitigate or magnify those implications. Joel Simmons, Associate Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, USA   From the Great Depression in the twentieth century to the Great Recession in the twenty-first, systemic banking crises have been a recurring problem for both developing and developed countries. This book offers a human rights perspective on financial crises vis-à-vis low-income and least developed countries.  It systematically analyzes government's commitment to women's economic rights and basic human rights during systemic banking crises. The book combines a wealth of data with rich theoretical arguments that weave together distinct but related bodies of literature from international development, human rights, and political economy.

Rana S. Gautam is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology & Human Services at the University of North Georgia, USA. Before joining academia, he worked in the IT industry and was a journalist with an Indian daily newspaper.  

Zusammenfassung
From the Great Depression in the twentieth century to the Great Recession in the twenty-first, systemic banking crises have been a recurring problem for both developing and developed countries. This book offers a human rights perspective on financial crises vis-à-vis low-income and least developed countries.  It systematically analyzes government's commitment to women's economic rights and basic human rights during systemic banking crises. The book combines a wealth of data with rich theoretical arguments that weave together distinct but related bodies of literature from international development, human rights, and political economy.

Inhalt

1. Introduction1.1 The Idea of Human Rights1.2 A Case for Human Rights1.3 The Puzzle of Human Rights in Recession1.4 Plan of the Book

2. A Theory of Human Rights during Recession2.1 The IMF and its Influence on Human Rights2.2 The Political Economy of Reforms2.3 Working Hypotheses2.4 Democracy, War, & Other Determinants2.5 Conclusion

3. An Empirical Investigation of Human Rights in Recession3.1 The Sample and Data Sources3.2 Data and Variables3.3 Estimation3.4 Regression Results3.5 Robustness Checks3.6 Conclusion

4. Conclusion4.1 From One Catastrophe to Another4.2 The Need for Human Rights