Public services and international trade liberalization human rights and gender implications /

"Does public service liberalization pose a threat to gender and human rights? Traditionally considered essential services provided by a state to its citizens, public services are often viewed as public goods which embody social values. Subjecting them to market ideology thus raises concerns tha...

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Main Author: Choudhury, Barnali, 1974-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Series:Cambridge international trade and economic law
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245 1 0 |a Public services and international trade liberalization  |h [electronic resource] :  |b human rights and gender implications /  |c Barnali Choudhury. 
260 |a Cambridge [U.K.] ;  |a New York :  |b Cambridge University Press,  |c 2012. 
300 |a xvi, 362 p. 
440 0 |a Cambridge international trade and economic law 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 8 |a Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. Foundations: 1. International economic law and human rights; 2. Public services; 3. Instruments for liberalizing public services; Part II. Human Rights and Gendered Implications of Liberalization of Public Services: 4. Liberalization of water services; 5. Liberalization of educational services; 6. Liberalization of health services; 7. Accounting for the differential implications of liberalized public services on developing countries and women; Part III. The Future of Liberalization of Public Services: 9. Should public services continue to be liberalized?; 10. Conclusion. 
520 |a "Does public service liberalization pose a threat to gender and human rights? Traditionally considered essential services provided by a state to its citizens, public services are often viewed as public goods which embody social values. Subjecting them to market ideology thus raises concerns that the intrinsic social nature of these services will be negated. Moreover, as those most likely to be reliant on public services, public service liberalization may also further marginalize women. Nevertheless, states continue to increasingly liberalize public services. Barnali Choudhury explores the implications of public service liberalization. Using primarily a legal approach, but drawing from case studies, empirical research and gender theories, she examines whether liberalization under the General Agreement on Trade in Services and other liberalization vehicles such as preferential trade and investment agreements compromise human rights and gender objectives"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
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630 0 0 |a Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties  |d (1969) 
650 0 |a Service industries  |x Law and legislation. 
650 0 |a Investments, Foreign  |x Law and legislation. 
650 0 |a Human rights. 
650 0 |a Women's rights. 
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