| ID | 077413 |
| Title Proper | New Rights Advocacy in a Global Public Domain |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Nelson, Paul ; Dorsey, Ellen |
| Publication | 2007. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Social and economic policy decisions are increasingly being taken in a global public domain in which national/transnational boundaries are blurred, and the `public' domain includes non-state actors. We argue that a new rights advocacy, advancing economic and social human rights as well as civil and political, is essential to understanding rule-making in the global public domain. New rights advocacy involves traditional human rights and development NGOs, social movement organizations and new `hybrid' organizations, in using human rights standards and methods to influence states, international organizations, and corporations. The new patterns of NGO engagement are studied through case studies of advocacy on HIV/AIDS and on the right to water. New rights advocacy constitutes a direct challenge to development orthodoxy, suggests a new interpretation of the social movements protesting globalization, and manifests a complex relationship between NGOs and poor country governments, in which NGOs often advocate on behalf of these governments' sovereign rights to set economic and social policy. |
| `In' analytical Note | European Journal of International Relations Vol. 13, No.2; Jun 2007: p187-216 |
| Journal Source | European Journal of International Relations Vol. 13, No.2; Jun 2007: p187-216 |
| Key Words | Civil Society ; Human Rights ; International Development ; NGOs ; Non-Governmental Organizations ; Social Movements |