Social Justice and Development

This book examines the emergence of a rights-based approach to development as a means to addressing social injustice, poverty and inequality and considers the extent to which it has been able to influence development thinking. The emergence of a rights-based approach has contributed to defining new agendas and perspectives, including 'non-Western' alternatives. However, as the book demonstrates, the rights agenda has not in fact moved policy and practice forwards towards delivery of wider access to development. Poverty Is Quintessentially An Issue Of Inequality Or Lack Of Social Justice Within And Between Nation States. And Yet Mainstream Development Theory And Institutions Of Global Governance Continue To Couch Reducing Poverty As A Policy Objective, Rather Than Focus On Underlying Issues Of Inequality. This Book Confronts The Failings Of Neo-liberalism And The Global Governance Institutions That Promote It. The Aim Is To Explain How The Current Structure Of Global Governance, Which Is Biased Towards The Powerful Nation States, Could Be Radically Changed Through The Principles Of Global Social Justice To Deliver A Mechanism For Addressing Inequality, And Ultimately Poverty. Social Justice And Development Makes A Significant Contribution To Current Debates Around Development Theory And Policy. It Explores Why Articulating Social Justice In Development Provides The Potential For A Fresh Approach To Global Poverty, And One That Would Overcome The Current Theoretical 1impasse2. It Is Essentially An Optimistic Text That Suggests How The Principles Of Global Social Justice Could Be Used To Shift The Development Paradigm From A Consensus That Hinges On Washington To One That Is Global. Introduction : Social Justice And Development -- The Right To Development -- Neo-liberal Economics, Social Justice, And Development -- Economic Globalisation, Cosmopolitanism, And Global Social Justice -- Global Governance And Rights To Development : Opportunity Or Charade? -- Non State Actors And The Right To Development -- Global Social Justice And Development. Behrooz Morvaridi. Includes Index. Development and social justice are intrinsically linked. The articulation of social justice is constrained by political forces, and governance which perpetuates inequality. Poverty and inequality are quintessentially issues of social justice, not only within the nation state but between nation states. Morvaridi extends the theory of social justice to a global level, providing a new contribution to the development debate. Morvaridi analyzes radical changes within the institutions of Global Governance - IMF, The World Bank, WTO. This book examines the emergence of a rights-based approach to development as a means to addressing social injustice, poverty and inequality and considers the extent to which it has been able to influence development thinking Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 7 1 Introduction: Social Justice and Development......Page 8 2 The Right to Development......Page 40 3 Neoliberalism and Social Justice......Page 74 4 Economic Globalisation and Global Social Justice......Page 114 5 Global Governance and Rights to Development: Opportunity or Charade?......Page 139 6 Transnational Corporations and Corporate Social Responsibility: Does It Really Work?......Page 164 7 Global Social Justice and Development......Page 186 Notes......Page 192 References......Page 201 C......Page 214 E......Page 215 H......Page 216 L......Page 217 O......Page 218 R......Page 219 U......Page 220 Z......Page 221 Explores why articulating social justice in both development discourse and practice provides the potential for a fresh understanding of global poverty, and one that rises above the current 'impasse'. Suggests how principles of global social justice could be used to shift the development paradigm away from a consensus that hinges on Washington. This edited volume is the product of workshop 5, 'Displacement and Resettlement in the Middle East: Access to Rights as a Regional Policy Issue' in the Middle East and North Africa', of the 5th Mediterranean Research Meeting of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, 24-28 March 2004