| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Routledge research in human rights law |
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Routledge research in human rights law.
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| Contents |
Conceptualising destitution -- The level of rights realisation required -- The rights required to avoid destitution -- Austerity : the context of rising destitution in the United Kingdom -- Economic, social and cultural rights and destitution in the United Kingdom -- Addressing destitution using ESCRs |
| Summary |
"This book explores destitution from the perspective of international human rights law and, more specifically, economic, social, and cultural rights. The experience of destitution correlates to the non-realisation of a range of economic, social, and cultural rights. However, destitution has not been defined from this perspective. Consequently, the nexus between destitution and the denial of economic, social, and cultural rights remains unrecognised within academia and policy and practice. This book expressly addresses this issue and in so doing renders the nexus between destitution and the non-realisation of these rights visible. The book proposes a new human-rights-based definition of destitution, composed of two parts. The rights which must be realised - the component rights - and the level of realisation of these rights which must be met - the destitution threshold - to avoid destitution. This human rights-based understanding of destitution is then applied to a UK case study to highlight the relationship between government policy and destitution, to illustrate how destitution manifests itself, and to make recommendations - founded upon engendering the realisation of economic, social and cultural rights - aimed towards addressing destitution"-- Provided by the publisher |
| Notes |
Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of Lancaster, 2021) issued under title: Destitution as a denial of economic, social, and cultural rights : addressing destitution in the UK through a human rights framework |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Luke D. Graham is a Lecturer in Public Law and Human Rights at the University of Manchester, UK. He holds a first-class LLB and an LLM in international human rights law with distinction. His work focuses on the relationship between human rights - in particular economic, social, and cultural rights - and poverty |
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Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed September 21, 2022) |
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Basic needs -- Law and legislation.
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Social rights -- Economic aspects
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Basic needs -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain
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Social rights -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain
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Basic needs -- Law and legislation.
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Great Britain.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2022008168 |
| ISBN |
9781003207092 |
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100320709X |
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9781000632545 |
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1000632547 |
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9781000632514 |
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1000632512 |
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