Employment and Human Rights: The International Dimension (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights) [Hardcover]

Richard Lewis Siegel (Author)

Book Description

Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights | Publication Date: December 1, 1993

In Employment and Human Rights: The International Dimension, Richard Lewis Siegel discusses the historical evolution of the right to employment as well as regional and global efforts to achieve full employment. In the first section of the book, he examines a wealth of material, from English radical pamphlets of the seventeenth century to the recent debates at the United Nations and the International Labor Organization, placing intellectual history in the broadest possible economic, political, and social contexts.

In the second section, Siegel examines global and regional efforts in the present century intended to further the implementation of the right to employment. He traces the development of international cooperation and examines the reasons for the limited accomplishments, including a lack of consensus about the effectiveness of public policies; the politicization and strongly ideological nature of the international debates; and the turf and policy struggles within and among the highly influential intergovernmental organizations and national governments.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This book should have appeal for a broad spectrum of scholars."—Choice

"Siegel's treatment of the employment issue brings together three perspectives, national, international, and transnational, and he does this very effectively both in terms of style and substance; he relates national, local, and regional developments to international ones and to the attempts at regulation of the employment issue through agreements and devices that transcend the national state, though, of course, without replacing it as yet. This is quite a feat, conceptually and intellectually."—Alexander J. Groth

"Siegel's book provides a much needed 'map' for scholars and activists alike, who need to understand how the complex of institutions in the field of international human rights have developed the idea of a right to employment, have modified and adapted it over time, have interacted with other institutions—governmental, intergovernmental, and private—and have been themselves shaped and influenced by theoretical and didactic writing over the past century or more."—Sumner M. Rosen

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By Richard Lewis Siegel

Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press; 1st edition (December 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812232119
• ISBN-13: 978-0812232110
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,379,864 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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