International Development and Human Aid: Principles, Norms and Institutions for the Global Sphere
Paulo Barcelos and Gabriele De Angelis
Abstract
Are global standards of aid, assistance and redistribution achievable in practice? The eight chapters within this book assess fields including humanitarian and development aid, the slave trade, health care assistance, reparations for historical injustices, the UN Central Emergency Response Fund and the global responsibility of the EU. The book consists of three parts: Human Rights and the World Economy, The Applicability of Global Principles, and Justice and International Institutions. Chapters cover justice in a complex world, the universality of economic and social rights, approaches to glob ... More
Are global standards of aid, assistance and redistribution achievable in practice? The eight chapters within this book assess fields including humanitarian and development aid, the slave trade, health care assistance, reparations for historical injustices, the UN Central Emergency Response Fund and the global responsibility of the EU. The book consists of three parts: Human Rights and the World Economy, The Applicability of Global Principles, and Justice and International Institutions. Chapters cover justice in a complex world, the universality of economic and social rights, approaches to global health care justice, restitution and distributive justice, humanitarian aid, and global justice and the European Union.
Keywords:
humanitarian aid,
assistance,
redistribution,
development aid,
slave trade,
health care,
injustice
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2016 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781474414470 |
| Published to Edinburgh Scholarship Online: September 2017 |
DOI:10.3366/edinburgh/9781474414470.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Paulo Barcelos, editor
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Gabriele De Angelis, editor
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
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