Rights and Their Translation into Practice: Toward a Synthetic Framework
Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
(c)David Harvey
Conference Organizers
Conference Graduate Assistant
Discussants
Additional Participants
Paper Presentations
M. Rodwan Abouharb
Lecturer in International Relations
Department of Political Science
University College London
- "International Regimes: The Impact of the UN ICESR and Structural Adjustment on Respect for Cultural, Economic and Social Rights in Developing Countries"
- Full Text Draft (pdf)
- Appendix (pdf)
Rimjhim Aggarwal
Senior Sustainability Scientist, Global Institute of Sustainability
Assistant Professor, School of Sustainability
Arizona State University
Leonardo Alvarado
Adjunct Assistant Professor
James E. Rodgers College of Law
University of Arizona
Sumudu Atapattu
Global Legal Studies (GLS) Associate Director
School of Law
University of Wisconsin
Daniel Brinks
Associate Professor
Department of Government
University of Texas at Austin
- "International Regimes: The Impact of the UN ICESR and Structural Adjustment on Respect for Cultural, Economic and Social Rights in Developing Countries"
- Appendix (pdf)
- Full Text Draft (pdf)
LaDawn Haglund
Assistant Professor, SST - Justice & Social Inquiry
Director, Undergraduate Certificate in Human Rights
Faculty Fellow, Center for Law and Global Affairs, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Senior Sustainability Scholar, Global Institute of Sustainability
Arizona State University
Shareen Hertel
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Human Rights Institute
University of Connecticut
Heinz Klug
Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research
Evjue-Bascom Professor in Law
Director, Global Legal Studies Center
University of Wisconsin
Paul J. Nelson
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
University of Pittsburgh
- "Social Movements and the Expansion of Economic and Social Human Rights Advocacy among International NGOs."
- Abstract
- Full Text Forthcoming
- Full Text Draft (pdf)
Doris Marie Provine
Professor, Justice & Social Inquiry
School of Social Transformation
Arizona State University
Susan M. Randolph
Associate Professor
Department of Economics
University of Connecticut
- "Making the Principle of Progressive Realization Operational—The SERF Index, an index for monitoring state fulfillment of economic and social rights obligations."
- Abstract
- Full Text(pdf)
- "Measuring Fulfillment of the Right to Food: A Global Overview and Grassroots Insights"
- Abstract
- Full Text Draft (pdf)
- "A brief history of the United Nation Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and its impact on the state of Arizona"
Hans-Otto Sano
The World Bank
Former Acting Director at the Danish Institute for Human Rights
- "Social Accountability in the World Bank. How does it overlap with human and ESCR rights?"
Rebecca Tsosie
Professor of Law
Willard H. Pedrick Distinguished Research Scholar
Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Affiliate Professor,American Indian Studies Program
Executive Director, Indian Legal Program
Faculty Fellow, Center for the Study of Law, Science, and Technology
- "Indigenous Women and International Human Rights Law: The Challenges of Colonialism, Cultural Survival, and Self-Determination"
- Full Text (pdf)
Discussants
Katherine Barnes
Associate Professor of Law
Associate Professor of Economics (courtesy)
Director of the Rogers Program on Law and Society
University of Arizona
William Bielby
Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago
Distinguished Research Scholar
University of Arizona
Professor of Sociology Emeritus
University of California, Santa Barbara
Gary Goertz
Professor
School of Government and Public Policy
University of Arizona
Barry Goldstein
Attorney
Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & Dardarian, Of Counsel
John Hagan
Professor
Department of Sociology
Department of Law
Northwestern University
Co-Director of the Center on Law & Globalization
American Bar Foundation in Chicago
Daniel Rothenberg
Professor of Practice
Executive Director, Center for Law and Global Affairs
Arizona State University
Robin Stryker
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Sociology
Affiliated Professor, Rogers College of Law
2010-11 Earl H. Carroll Magellan Circle Fellow
Faculty Research Liaison, National Institute of Civil Discourse
University of Arizona
John Sutton
Professor of Sociology
University of California, Santa Barbara
Marjorie Zatz
Director and Professor
Justice and Social Inquiry, School of Social Transformation
Affiliated Faculty
African and African American Studies
Asian Pacific American Studies
Women and Gender Studies
School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Arizona State University
Additional Participants
Suzanne Dovi
Associate Professor
Chair of Undergraduate Committee
School of Government and Public Policy
University of Arizona
Suzanne Dovi is an Associate Professor of the School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona. Her research interests include democratic theory, representation (especially the representation of historically disadvantaged groups), feminist theory and human rights. She is most interested in exploring how democratic citizens should evaluate those hold and exercise power over vulnerable and marginalized groups. For instance, in "Making the World Safe for Hypocrisy," she writes about how democratic citizens should evaluate the apparent hypocrisy of humanitarian interventions. Her research also explores whether democratic institutions have an obligation to counteract political despair. Her most recent article in the Journal of Politics is entitled "In Praise of Exclusion." Suzanne Dovi earned her Ph.d from Princeton University but she also has a MA from Georgetown University and a M. Litt. from Trinity College, Dublin. Her work has appeared in American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, Constellations, and Polity. Her book, The Good Representative,was published by Blackwell in 2008. She is currently working on another book project entitled "Democracy and Exclusion."
Faten Ghosn
Assistant Professor, International Relations
School of Government & Public Policy
Faculty for the Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Faculty for the Near Eastern Studies
University of Arizona
Faten Ghosn is Assistant Professor in the School of Government and Public Policy and Faculty in the Near Eastern Studies Department and Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona. Her main areas of interest include conflict, conflict management, negotiation, reconciliation, as well as transitional justice. Her recent publications include "Getting to the Table and Getting to Yes: An Analysis of International Negotiations," in International Studies Quarterly; "Domestic Unrest and Initiation of Negotiations," forthcoming in International Negotiation, and "Israel and Lebanon: A Precarious Relationship," in The Middle East – Peace by Piece: The Quest for a Solution to the Arab-Israeli Conflict edited by Hassan Barari. She is currently working on a co-authored book manuscript on reconciliation efforts in Lebanon in addition to her article manuscripts pertaining to the reparations after the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war.
Lane Kenworthy
Professor of Sociology and Political Science
University of Arizona
Lane Kenworthy is professor of sociology and political science at the University of Arizona. He studies the causes and consequences of poverty, inequality, mobility, employment, economic growth, social policy, taxes, and public opinion in affluent countries. He is the author of Progress for the Poor (forthcoming 2011), Jobs with Equality (2008), Egalitarian Capitalism (2004), In Search of National Economic Success (1995), and articles in a variety of social science journals. He also writes on these topics at his blog, Consider the Evidence.
Louise Roth
Associate Professor, Sociology
University of Arizona
Louise Marie Roth is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Arizona. Her primary research interests are gender, family, organizations, and law. Her earlier work analyzed gender inequality on Wall Street, and publications from this research include the book, Selling Women Short: Gender Inequality on Wall Street (2006). Her current research focuses on American medicine. She received an NSF grant to examine institutional influences on reproduction and childbirth, especially the effects of health insurance and medical malpractice, using quantitative data on cesarean sections and interviews with medical and legal practitioners. She is also researching variable reward systems in medicine, and how they influence the gender gap in pay among physicians. She is also developing a survey of maternity support providers with an inter-university team.
Graduate Assistant
Kate Gunby
Sociology MA/PhD Student
University of Arizona
- Conference Graduate Assistant
