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The Economics of Human Rights
This textbook offers an economic analysis of various human rights topics: capital punishment, violence against women, asylum-seeking, genocide, and hate crime. Readers gain a fundamental understanding of the history and background of the issues, the decision making process involved, and the benefits and costs leading to the decisions.
Author(s) | By Elizabeth Wheaton. |
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Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Format | Paperback / softback |
Pages | 288 |
Published in | United Kingdom |
Published | 21 Sept 2018 |
Availability | Available |
This textbook offers an economic analysis of various human rights topics: capital punishment, violence against women, asylum-seeking, genocide, and hate crime. Readers gain a fundamental understanding of the history and background of the issues, the decision making process involved, and the benefits and costs leading to the decisions.
Acknowledgements, Preface. 1. Economics of Human Rights. 2. Economics of Capital Punishment. 3. Economics of Violence against Women. 4. Economics of Seeking Asylum. 5. Economics of Terrorism. 6. The Economics of Child Abuse. 7. Economics of Genocide. 8. E
Elizabeth M. Wheaton is a senior lecturer in economics at Southern Methodist University, USA, the founder and CEO of Equip the Saints, a nonprofit consultancy that works to strengthen nonprofit organizations worldwide and to equip world changers to fulfil