Environmental Ethics, Livelihood, and Human Rights: Subaltern-Driven Cosmopolitanism?

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ravi K. Raman
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Movements ◽  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
New Politics ◽  
South Indian ◽  
Multiple Issues ◽  
Local Movement ◽  
Indian Village ◽  
Contemporary Context

Through a case study of an anti-cola struggle in a south Indian village, this paper promotes the conceptual treatment of subaltern cosmopolitanism in the contemporary context of anticorporate social movements. In this situation the multiple issues raised by a local movement, such as livelihood, sustainability, and human rights, sensitize each of the new social agencies involved, within and outside the borders of the local state, and help forge a solidarity network across borders with their universally relevant concerns of environmental ethics and livelihood rights. It is further suggested that it is precisely the new politics of ecology and culture articulated by the subalterns that constructs an enduring and viable future for social movements.

scholarly journals Transnational Human Rights Litigation

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-77
Author(s):  
Angela Lindt
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Movements ◽  
Transnational Corporations ◽  
Global South ◽  
Social Costs ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Legal Cases ◽  
Legal Proceedings ◽  
The Individual

In recent years, various transnational corporations (TNCs) have faced legal proceedings in their home states for human rights violations and environmental damage committed abroad. These transnational lawsuits are an attempt to overcome corporate impunity and establish transnational chains of responsibility. At the same time, the individual legal cases are marked by procedural and legal hurdles and may entail the risk of social costs for claimants. In this article, I explore what such transnational lawsuits can contribute from the perspective of social movements in the Global South. Taking the Monterrico case from Peru as an example, I discuss the expectations of human rights lawyers in such cases and the relevant legal mechanisms. By focusing on out-of-court settlements, I argue that, from the perspective of the Global South actors involved in the case study, adjudication and the related judicial practices are fundamental to making the law effective.

scholarly journals Da globalização financeira ao autoritarismo populista e neoliberal | From financial globalization to populist and neoliberal authoritarianism

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. e47937
Author(s):  
Pedro Lange Netto Machado ◽  
Thaiane Caldas Mendonça
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Movements ◽  
Global Capitalism ◽  
Human Rights Violations ◽  
Financial Globalization ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Working Hypothesis ◽  
Democratic Capitalism

O artigo analisa as consequências da dinâmica do capitalismo global condicionado pela financeirizaçao de sua riqueza e pelos parâmetros do neoliberalismo. A hipótese subjacente é que os imperativos daí decorrentes colocam em xeque a sobrevivência do capitalismo democrático, o que se traduz nas repressões violentas, que se observa munda afora, por parte de governos às manifestações e demandas de seus respectivos eleitores. A metodologia consiste no estudo do caso do Brasil, respaldado por contribuições teóricas da literatura acadêmica. Espera-se, enfim, contribuir para uma maior compreensão do autoritarismo e das violações de direitos humanos que incidem sobre movimentos sociais, de modo a se encontrar alternativas para superá-las.Palavras-chave: capitalismo democrático; neoliberalismo; autoritarismo. ABSTRACTThe article analyzes the consequences of the dynamics of global capitalism, which is conditioned by the financialization of its wealth and the parameters of neoliberalism. The working hypothesis is that the resulting imperatives menace the survival of democratic capitalism, which translates into violent repressions, which are observed worldwide, by governments to demonstrations and demands from their respective voters. The methodology draws on the case study of Brazil, supported by theoretical contributions from academic literature. Finally, we hope to contribute to a greater understanding of authoritarianism and human rights violations that affect social movements, in order to find alternatives to overcome them.Keywords: democratic capitalism; neoliberalism; authoritarianism. Recebido em: 23 jan. 2020 | Aceito em: 15 out. 2020.

Lessons on opportunity hoarding and gender binarism: building an alliance of women’s, trans and intersex movements

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelika von Wahl
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Movements ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Legal Recognition ◽  
The Third ◽  
Female Pair ◽  
Study Methodology ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Alliance Building

When do social movements support policies that do not benefit them directly? Which factors help build stronger feminist alliances? To answer these questions, this article traces the coalition behind the emergence of the third sex in Germany. This legal recognition cracks open the categorical male–female pair and sheds light on a path-breaking feminist alliance among women’s, trans and intersex groups. Case-study methodology and interviews provide insights into the weakening power of categorical pairs, add nuance to the concept of opportunity hoarding and provide important organisational, social and discursive lessons about when and how groups cooperate productively.<br /><br />Key messages<br /><ul><li>The article contributes theoretically to the underutilised concepts of categorical pairs and opportunity hoarding, and applies them to an analysis of inter-movement negotiations and feminist alliances.</li><br /><li>It furthermore identifies three factors that support feminist alliance building among dissimilar groups: (1) organisational fit; (2) social brokerage; and (3) shared frames of women’s and human rights.</li></ul>

International Law and Human Rights: Diverging and Converging Histories

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean H. Quataert
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Movements ◽  
International Law ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Global Politics ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Non Linear

AbstractThis article explores ways to think about the historical intersections of international law and human rights visions and principles in a global context. It catalogues an intertwining of new historiographies, notably the recent convergence of research interests of historians and international lawyers that draws attention to non-linear analyses; the role of social movements in understanding developments in the law; and the importance of historical contexts for interpretation. It sketches one promising analytical framework to assess the dynamic interconnections of international law and human rights from the mid-nineteenth century through the formal creation of the human rights system under U.N. auspices between 1945 and 1949. It concludes with a case study of gender tensions in more recent human rights global politics to provide historically-specific examples of the new possibilities of bringing historical interpretations to the study of international law and human rights.

Rural waste management in a south indian village — A case study

1995 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.Chowde Gowda ◽  
G.S.V. Raghavan ◽  
B. Ranganna ◽  
Suzelle Barrington
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
South Indian ◽  
Indian Village

scholarly journals Deviant heroes: an analysis of strategies of social control towards defenders of people on the move in Hungary

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (58) ◽  
pp. 33-50
Author(s):  
Aline Fabiana Campos Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Movements ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Positive Deviance

Abstract Historically, icons of social movements were treated as outcasts by established structures of social control. When activists break unjust rules to promote human rights, their noble causes do not seem to fit the commonsensical frame of ‘the deviant’, which brings up some questions. When they infringe norms to promote rights, how are activists inserted in the crime framework? How do people perceive their actions and why? This article aims to address these questions, by using the case study of migrant human rights defenders in Hungary. It navigates phenomena such as stigmatisation and criminalisation, and presents positive deviance, supranormality and functional stigmatisation as alternatives to traditional perspectives.

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