Human Rights and Public Goods

William F. Felice is professor of international relations and global affairs at Eckerd College. Diana Fuguitt is professor of economics at Eckerd College.

Human Rights and Public Goods: The Global New Deal could not be timelier. At a moment when public health systems, social safety nets, and environmental systems are increasingly stretched beyond their limits and as popular protest reveals afresh the depths of systemic racism and social exclusion, this book is a rare gift. Felice and Fuguitt explain in clear and persuasive language why and how to realign core economic institutions in order to better safeguard human rights. This third edition reads as an open invitation for critical inquiry and caring dialogue—something that students, scholars, and general readers alike will find useful and inspiring as they seek ‘a direction for viable structural reform.’ Comprehensive, meticulously researched, well-organized and deeply humane, this is a standout volume that has stood the test of time, is continuously updated, and remains urgently relevant.

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments for the Third Edition Core International Human Rights Instruments and Their Monitoring Bodies List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Introduction 1 Global Policy Choices: There Are Alternatives 2 International Law: Human Rights and Human Development 3 International Political Economy and Global Public Goods 4 Linking Law and Economics: Human Rights and Public Goods 5 The United States and Europe: Conflicting Approaches to Human Rights and Public Goods6 The Environment and Economic and Social Human Rights 7 Women and Economic and Social Human Rights 8 Military Spending: Human Rights and Public Goods Trade-offs9 The Global New Deal Notes Index About the Authors