Human Rights Practices during Financial Crises

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.

List of contents

1. Introduction.- 2. A Theory of Human Rights during Recession.- 3. An Empirical Investigation of Human Rights in Recession.- 4. Conclusion.

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Rana S Gautam, Rana S. Gautam
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2019
• EAN: 9783030036690
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3003669-0
• No. of pages: 102
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 274 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 102 p. 6 illus.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; C, History: specific events & topics, Human Rights, International Relations, Identity Politics, Social Change, Politics & government, Political Science and International Studies, Economic development, Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Social Justice, Gender studies, gender groups, Economic & financial crises & disasters, International Political Economy, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Development Studies, Development and Social Change, Politics and Gender, Financial History, Financial Crises