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ID144836
Title ProperWhat can post-democracy tell us about TNCS and extraterritorial violations of human rights?
LanguageENG
AuthorPalmer, Claire
Summary / Abstract (Note)This article considers the problem of extraterritorial human rights violations committed by transnational corporations (TNCs), and draws on Crouch's framework in Post-democracy to illustrate why the issue has proved so difficult for states to regulate. I begin by examining the problem of corporate regulation more generally, and set out Crouch's analysis to show why and how corporations have become so influential. The second section considers the area of business and human rights, and explains why there is ‘a governance gap’ in relation to extraterritorial human rights violations committed by corporations. The third section describes efforts at the international and domestic levels to regulate corporations in relation to this issue. It concludes that while new international principles and innovative hybrid schemes are playing a valuable role in norm creation and standard-setting, the enforcement of these principles remains limited. Corporations have largely succeeded to date in their lobbying efforts to remain free of any direct obligations under international law.
`In' analytical NotePolitical Quarterly Vol. 87, No.1; Jan-Mar 2016: p.76–80
Journal SourcePolitical Quarterly 2016-03 87, 1
Key WordsBusiness and Human Rights ;  Post-Democracy ;  Extraterritorial Regulation of Transnational Corporations (TNCs) ;  Multinational Corporations (MNCs) ;  Corporate Violations of Human Rights