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Spring 2000

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 15, Number 2

Categories: Spring 2000 | Freedom

Economic Freedom, Globalization and Human Rights : Can We Have It All?

Wesley T. Milner, University of Evansville

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EconomicFreedom,GlobalizationandHumanRights:CanWeHaveItAll?WesleyT.MilnerUniversityofEvansvilleOverthelasttwentyyearsandespeciallywiththeendoftheColdWar,theworldhasexperiencedarapidevolutiontoamoreinterdependenteconomy.Further,thisglobalizationhasfilteredintothepoliticalarenaatboththedomesticandinternationallevels.Thesedevelopmentshaveprovidedanenvironmentwherethedomestichumanrightspracticesofstatescanbemorecloselyscrutinized.Overthelastfifteenortwentyyears,humanrightspractices(intheaggregate)haveindeedimproved.Havingsaidthat,oneneednotlookfartofindegregioussituationsthatstillexist.Also,thistrendtowardgreaterhumanrightsprovisionhasnotfollowedadirectpath.IntheimmediateaftermathoftheColdWar,numerouscountriesironicallyexperiencedanupsurgeinhumanrightsabuses(Milner,Poe,andLeblang1999).Whiletherehasbeenmuchscholarlyandmediaattentiononhumanrights,itwouldbeinaccuratetostatethattherehasbeenconsensusonthenatureandextentofhumanrights.Indeed,therehasbeenaglaringlackofagreementastowhathumanrightsareandhowthedisciplineshouldaccuratelymeasurerightsrelatedconcepts.OneofthemostwidelyacceptedframeworksofAbasicrights@isofferedbyShue(1980),whoarguesthatthereareatleastthreebasicrights:security,subsistence,andliberty.Indeed,theseareincorporatedinthecoreU.N.treatiesandcovenantsthatprovideacomplexarrayofrights.Ultimately,themostpolicy-relevantissuewithwhichIamconcernedisdeterminingwhatmakessomeregimespromotehumanrightswhileothersdonot.Thisisanespeciallyimportantobjectivesincewecanonlyprovideintelligentprescriptionstoinsurehumanrightsconditionsifweasscholarscanadequatelyexplainhumanrightsvariations.Tothisend,Ibuildupontheexistingtheoreticalandempiricalresearchtodevelopamultivariatemodelthatattempts

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Title	Economic Freedom, Globalization and Human Rights : Can We Have It All?
Authors/Creators:	Wesley T. Milner, University of Evansville
Year:	2000
Volume:	15
Number:	2
Pages:	35 - 61
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Economic development, Economic Freedom, International economic relations, International economy, Human Rights, Individual rights, Globalization, Democracy, Commerce

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Milner, Wesley T. / 2000. "Economic Freedom, Globalization and Human Rights : Can We Have It All?." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 15(2): 35-61.