Charles R. Beitz
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199572458
- eISBN:
- 9780191728303
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199572458.003.0008
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Theory, International Relations and Politics
This book has presented an analytical account of the idea of human rights as it exists within global practice, together with a description of the kind of justification that human rights, so ...
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This book has presented an analytical account of the idea of human rights as it exists within global practice, together with a description of the kind of justification that human rights, so conceived, should be capable of. It proposed a schema to identify and organize the considerations it seems reasonable to take into account in reflection about what ought to be the contents of the public doctrine. These are considerations that follow from a grasp of the general purpose and role of human rights within the global practice. They relate to the importance of the interests that might be protected, the advantage of protecting these interests by means of policies that might be adopted by states, and the character and weight of the reasons for action available to external agents in cases in which states fail to protect the interests in question.Less
This book has presented an analytical account of the idea of human rights as it exists within global practice, together with a description of the kind of justification that human rights, so conceived, should be capable of. It proposed a schema to identify and organize the considerations it seems reasonable to take into account in reflection about what ought to be the contents of the public doctrine. These are considerations that follow from a grasp of the general purpose and role of human rights within the global practice. They relate to the importance of the interests that might be protected, the advantage of protecting these interests by means of policies that might be adopted by states, and the character and weight of the reasons for action available to external agents in cases in which states fail to protect the interests in question.
Allyn L. Taylor and Ibadat S. Dhillon
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199917907
- eISBN:
- 9780199332878
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199917907.003.0013
- Subject:
- Law, Medical Law
This chapter reviews the role that international organizations can play in the globalization of health care, by giving a detailed account of the negotiations giving rise to the May 2010 adoption by ...
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This chapter reviews the role that international organizations can play in the globalization of health care, by giving a detailed account of the negotiations giving rise to the May 2010 adoption by the World Health Assembly (WHA) of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel. The first draft of the Code had recommended voluntary measures to promote national compliance. The adoption of the WHO Global Code has been regarded as one of the major achievements of the Health Assembly. The Code comprises procedural mechanisms to advance implementation that are more potent than those incorporated in the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). Despite the goodwill and multilateral spirit exhibited as part of the WHO Global Code adoption process, there is real danger that the norms formulated in the WHO Global Code may not be reflected in national and international laws, policies, and programs.Less
This chapter reviews the role that international organizations can play in the globalization of health care, by giving a detailed account of the negotiations giving rise to the May 2010 adoption by the World Health Assembly (WHA) of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel. The first draft of the Code had recommended voluntary measures to promote national compliance. The adoption of the WHO Global Code has been regarded as one of the major achievements of the Health Assembly. The Code comprises procedural mechanisms to advance implementation that are more potent than those incorporated in the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). Despite the goodwill and multilateral spirit exhibited as part of the WHO Global Code adoption process, there is real danger that the norms formulated in the WHO Global Code may not be reflected in national and international laws, policies, and programs.
Chul Chung
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780198729433
- eISBN:
- 9780191796340
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198729433.003.0007
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, South and East Asia, Development, Growth, and Environmental
This chapter presents a case study, which examines a Korean parent company’s approach to employment practices in its Indian subsidiaries as well as their responses to the Korean parent. A multi-sited ...
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This chapter presents a case study, which examines a Korean parent company’s approach to employment practices in its Indian subsidiaries as well as their responses to the Korean parent. A multi-sited case study of a Korean auto multinational, conducted at its headquarters in South Korea and at its research and development (R&D), manufacturing, and sales subsidiaries in India, show that the Korean firm adopted “global best practices,” which were heavily influenced by American practices rather than Korean parent practices. However, the chapter also shows that local actors in the Indian subsidiaries modified key practices. The findings of this chapter call into question the dominant assumptions about the diffusion of multinational human resource management and highlight the role of Korean firms in the diffusion of “global best practices” to India, an important emerging market in Asia.Less
This chapter presents a case study, which examines a Korean parent company’s approach to employment practices in its Indian subsidiaries as well as their responses to the Korean parent. A multi-sited case study of a Korean auto multinational, conducted at its headquarters in South Korea and at its research and development (R&D), manufacturing, and sales subsidiaries in India, show that the Korean firm adopted “global best practices,” which were heavily influenced by American practices rather than Korean parent practices. However, the chapter also shows that local actors in the Indian subsidiaries modified key practices. The findings of this chapter call into question the dominant assumptions about the diffusion of multinational human resource management and highlight the role of Korean firms in the diffusion of “global best practices” to India, an important emerging market in Asia.
Kathy E. Ferguson and Monique Mironesco (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824831592
- eISBN:
- 9780824869311
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824831592.001.0001
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Social and Cultural Anthropology
What is globalization? How is it gendered? How does it work in Asia and the Pacific? This book takes a fresh stock of globalization's complexities. It pursues critical feminist inquiry about women, ...
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What is globalization? How is it gendered? How does it work in Asia and the Pacific? This book takes a fresh stock of globalization's complexities. It pursues critical feminist inquiry about women, gender, and sexualities and produces insights into changing life patterns in Asian and Pacific Island societies. Each chapter puts the lives and struggles of women at the center of its examination while weaving examples of global circuits in Asian and Pacific societies into a world frame of analysis. The work is generated from within Asian and Pacific spaces, bringing to the fore local voices and claims to knowledge. The geographic emphasis on Asia/Pacific highlights the complexity of globalizing practices. Although the book focuses on global, gendered flows, it expands its investigation to include the media and the arts, intellectual resources, activist agendas, and individual life stories. Ethnographies and interviews reach beyond generalizations and bring Pacific and Asian women and men alive in their struggles against globalization. Globalization cannot be summed up in a neat political agenda but must be actively contested and creatively negotiated. Taking feminist political thinking beyond simple oppositions, the authors ask specific questions about how global practices work, how they come to be, who benefits, and what is at stake.Less
What is globalization? How is it gendered? How does it work in Asia and the Pacific? This book takes a fresh stock of globalization's complexities. It pursues critical feminist inquiry about women, gender, and sexualities and produces insights into changing life patterns in Asian and Pacific Island societies. Each chapter puts the lives and struggles of women at the center of its examination while weaving examples of global circuits in Asian and Pacific societies into a world frame of analysis. The work is generated from within Asian and Pacific spaces, bringing to the fore local voices and claims to knowledge. The geographic emphasis on Asia/Pacific highlights the complexity of globalizing practices. Although the book focuses on global, gendered flows, it expands its investigation to include the media and the arts, intellectual resources, activist agendas, and individual life stories. Ethnographies and interviews reach beyond generalizations and bring Pacific and Asian women and men alive in their struggles against globalization. Globalization cannot be summed up in a neat political agenda but must be actively contested and creatively negotiated. Taking feminist political thinking beyond simple oppositions, the authors ask specific questions about how global practices work, how they come to be, who benefits, and what is at stake.
Viral Pandya
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- April 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780199474622
- eISBN:
- 9780199090990
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780199474622.003.0010
- Subject:
- Law, Environmental and Energy Law
In the modern world, waste management and especially e-waste management is one of the big challenges to tackle for any country. With the boom in technological innovations in electronic industry, the ...
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In the modern world, waste management and especially e-waste management is one of the big challenges to tackle for any country. With the boom in technological innovations in electronic industry, the waste in the form of electronic goods has increased exponentially and it is considered to be the largest mounting waste stream in the world. Globalization of e-waste, partly due to demand and partly in terms of e-waste shipment to developing countries by developed countries has created adverse environmental and health implications. Hence, it has become utmost important for policymakers to develop robust e-waste management system as well as allied policies and regulations. This chapter analyses present status, various initiatives, actions, and regulatory frameworks incorporated by various developed and developing countries to combat giant threat of e-waste and recommendations have been given in terms of strategic actions for India to tackle e-waste in an effective manner.Less
In the modern world, waste management and especially e-waste management is one of the big challenges to tackle for any country. With the boom in technological innovations in electronic industry, the waste in the form of electronic goods has increased exponentially and it is considered to be the largest mounting waste stream in the world. Globalization of e-waste, partly due to demand and partly in terms of e-waste shipment to developing countries by developed countries has created adverse environmental and health implications. Hence, it has become utmost important for policymakers to develop robust e-waste management system as well as allied policies and regulations. This chapter analyses present status, various initiatives, actions, and regulatory frameworks incorporated by various developed and developing countries to combat giant threat of e-waste and recommendations have been given in terms of strategic actions for India to tackle e-waste in an effective manner.
Bimal N. Patel and Ranita Nagar (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- April 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780199474622
- eISBN:
- 9780199090990
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780199474622.003.0011
- Subject:
- Law, Environmental and Energy Law
The conclusion discusses the best practises across the world to achieve the goals of sustainable development through the contemporary developments in the interdisciplinary studies with an aim to ...
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The conclusion discusses the best practises across the world to achieve the goals of sustainable development through the contemporary developments in the interdisciplinary studies with an aim to achieve an efficient legal regime, conducive to the specific legal, economic, scientific and political scenario in India. It arrives at the possibility of attaining sustainable development through seeking balance, consensus and agreement in order to manage the contradictions of development so that natural resources, scientific invention and cultural resources are both the means and the end of this inter-related process.Less
The conclusion discusses the best practises across the world to achieve the goals of sustainable development through the contemporary developments in the interdisciplinary studies with an aim to achieve an efficient legal regime, conducive to the specific legal, economic, scientific and political scenario in India. It arrives at the possibility of attaining sustainable development through seeking balance, consensus and agreement in order to manage the contradictions of development so that natural resources, scientific invention and cultural resources are both the means and the end of this inter-related process.
