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Human Rights Trade-Offs in Times of Economic Growth - Areli Valencia

Human Rights Trade-Offs in Times of Economic Growth (eBook)

The Long-Term Capability Impacts of Extractive-Led Development

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2016 | 1st ed. 2016
XIX, 281 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan US (Verlag)
978-1-137-48868-8 (ISBN)
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This book uncovers a historical dependency on smelting activities that has trapped inhabitants of La Oroya, Peru, in a context of systemic lack of freedom. La Oroya has been named one of the most polluted places on the planet by the US Blacksmith Institute. Residents face the dilemma of whether to defend their health or to preserve job stability at the local smelter, the main source of toxic pollution in town. Valencia unpacks this paradoxical human rights trade-off. This context, shaped by social, historical, political, and economic factors, increases people's vulnerabilities and decreases their ability to choose, resulting in residents' trading off their right to health in order to work. This book shows the deep connection of this local dilemma to the country's national paradox, arising out of Peru's vision of natural resource extraction as the main path to secure economic growth for the entire country at the expense of some groups.  

Areli Valencia holds a PhD in Law and Society from University of Victoria, Law Faculty, Canada. She was the 2013 Gordon F. Henderson Postdoctoral Fellow at the Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa, Canada. She is currently Professor at the School of Government and Public Policy at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.
This book uncovers a historical dependency on smelting activities that has trapped inhabitants of La Oroya, Peru, in a context of systemic lack of freedom. La Oroya has been named one of the most polluted places on the planet by the US Blacksmith Institute. Residents face the dilemma of whether to defend their health or to preserve job stability at the local smelter, the main source of toxic pollution in town. Valencia unpacks this paradoxical human rights trade-off. This context, shaped by social, historical, political, and economic factors, increases people's vulnerabilities and decreases their ability to choose, resulting in residents' trading off their right to health in order to work. This book shows the deep connection of this local dilemma to the country's national paradox, arising out of Peru's vision of natural resource extraction as the main path to secure economic growth for the entire country at the expense of some groups.  

Areli Valencia holds a PhD in Law and Society from University of Victoria, Law Faculty, Canada. She was the 2013 Gordon F. Henderson Postdoctoral Fellow at the Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa, Canada. She is currently Professor at the School of Government and Public Policy at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.

Introduction: Human Rights Trade-offs in Times of Economic Growth: A Tale from PeruChapter 1: The La Oroya Conflict: The Intractable Conflict between Health and WorkChapter 2: A Systemic Human Rights Model of Analysis: An Integrated ApproachChapter 3: Systemic Lack of Freedom in La Oroya: The Socio-Historical Roots and the Political-Economic BackgroundChapter 4: Experiencing Systemic Lack of Freedom: The Voice of La OroyaChapter 5: Examining the Trade-offs between Health and Work in La Oroya: The Long-term Capability Impacts of Extractive-led DevelopmentConclusion: La Oroya at the CrossroadsBibliographyAppendix 1

Erscheint lt. Verlag 3.11.2016
Reihe/Serie Latin American Political Economy
Latin American Political Economy
Zusatzinfo XIX, 281 p. 7 illus. in color.
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Systeme
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
Technik
Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaftslehre Makroökonomie
Schlagworte Capability Approach • Economic Growth • growth • Human Development • Human Rights • Latin America • LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS • Natural Resource Extraction • Peru • Socio-Environmental Conflict
ISBN-10 1-137-48868-9 / 1137488689
ISBN-13 978-1-137-48868-8 / 9781137488688
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