PSCI 2601 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Kofi Annan, Failed State, Soft Law
11 Oct 2017
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It prevents states from acting in inappropriate ways and it levels out the playing field by promoting greater equality between states: realism: it is idealistic to assume that human rights has any meaningful strain, but it"s actually dangerous. Realism believes in the dominance of anarchical environment, and it means all states are inherently in competition: social constructivism: argues that internalization of human rights has systematically reshaped international society. Marxism talks about how we make a distinction between civil and political rights, and social and economic rights, and how the latter is shown as contextual rather than universal. Global human rights regime: example of how regime becomes established. Regime itself is premised on strong statements and widely accepted principles, but very weak mechanisms of implementation. Also the idea of negative rights, as in things government cannot do: economic, social, and cultural rights designed around ensuring the access to individuals for essential goods and services.
