The state of economic and social human rights : a global overview / edited by Lanse Minkler, University of Connecticut.

The rights of the child to an adequate standard of living: applying international standards to the U.S. case / Lanse Minkler -- Susan Randolph and Shareen Hertel; Audrey R. Chapman and Salil D. Benegal; Cathy Albisa, Brittany Scott, and Kate Tissington; Lyle Scruggs, Christian Zimmermann, and Chris Jeffords; Philip Harvey -- Kathryn Libal and Ken Neubeck; Cathy Buerger; Kristy A. Belton -- Mark Gibney; Gillian MacNaughton; Flavia Piovesan; Chris Jeffords -- Michael Freeman. Introduction: why economic and social human rights? / Core Rights: The right to food: a global perspective / Globalization and the right to health / Demolishing housing rights in the name of market fundamentalism: the dynamics of displacement in the United States, India, and South Africa / Implementation of the human right to social security around the world: a preliminary analysis of national social protection laws / Why is the right to work so hard to secure? / Nondiscrimination: Achieving women's economic rights in policy and in practice / Statelessness and economic and social rights / Meta : Establishing a social and international order for the realization of human rights / Beyond a minimum threshold: the right to social equality / The right to development from a human rights approach: conceptual bases,legal framework, and contemporary challenges / Constitutional environmental human rights : a descriptive analysis of 142 national constitutions / Conclusion: reflections on the theory and practice of economic and social rights /