"Many infrastructure projects around the world are funded through the project finance method, which combines private financing with public sector backing from multilateral finance institutions such as the World Bank. This examination of the theoretical and practical implications of such funding...

"The Center for Law, Justice and Society (Dejusticia), a human rights research and advocacy organization based in Bogota, Colombia, was the home base of the project and provided much of the intellectual and organizational impetus for the book. I am particularly grateful to Dejusticia members who...

Economic inequalities are among the greatest human rights challenges the world faces today due to the past four decades of neoliberal policy dominance. Globally, there are now over 2,000 billionaires, while 3.4 billion people live below the poverty line of US $5.50 per day. Many human rights...

pt. 1. Foundations and critiques -- pt. 2. New frameworks for understanding human rights -- pt. 3. World religious traditions and human rights -- pt. 4. Social, economic, group, and collective rights -- pt. 5. Critical perspectives on human rights organizations, institutions, and practices --...