Rights, Free Trade, and Politics: The Strategic Use of a Rights Discourse in the Negotiation of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)

This article seeks to describe the strategic use of a rights discourse by domestic and international actors involved in the negotiation and ratification processes of free trade agreements between Colombia, the United States, and the European Union. We suggest that some of the differences between bot...

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Autores principales: Angelika Rettberg, Philippe De Lombaerde, Liliana Lizarazo-Rodríguez, Juan Felipe Ortiz-Riomalo
Formato: Artículo científico
Publicado: Universidad de Los Andes 2014
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Acceso en línea:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=81231284007
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=co/co-003&d=81231284007oai
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topic Relaciones Internacionales
Policy process
human rights
Economic
Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR)
free trade agreements
European Union
United States
Colombia
spellingShingle Relaciones Internacionales
Policy process
human rights
Economic
Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR)
free trade agreements
European Union
United States
Colombia
Angelika Rettberg
Philippe De Lombaerde
Liliana Lizarazo-Rodríguez
Juan Felipe Ortiz-Riomalo
Rights, Free Trade, and Politics: The Strategic Use of a Rights Discourse in the Negotiation of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)
topic_facet Relaciones Internacionales
Policy process
human rights
Economic
Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR)
free trade agreements
European Union
United States
Colombia
description This article seeks to describe the strategic use of a rights discourse by domestic and international actors involved in the negotiation and ratification processes of free trade agreements between Colombia, the United States, and the European Union. We suggest that some of the differences between both FTAs and the processes leading up to their approval and ratification can be attributed to the ability of relevant actors to build and disseminate rights-based arguments in order to develop like-minded political coalitions, and other institutional and contextual characteristics.
format Artículo científico
Artículo científico
author Angelika Rettberg
Philippe De Lombaerde
Liliana Lizarazo-Rodríguez
Juan Felipe Ortiz-Riomalo
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Philippe De Lombaerde
Liliana Lizarazo-Rodríguez
Juan Felipe Ortiz-Riomalo
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title Rights, Free Trade, and Politics: The Strategic Use of a Rights Discourse in the Negotiation of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)
title_short Rights, Free Trade, and Politics: The Strategic Use of a Rights Discourse in the Negotiation of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)
title_full Rights, Free Trade, and Politics: The Strategic Use of a Rights Discourse in the Negotiation of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)
title_fullStr Rights, Free Trade, and Politics: The Strategic Use of a Rights Discourse in the Negotiation of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)
title_full_unstemmed Rights, Free Trade, and Politics: The Strategic Use of a Rights Discourse in the Negotiation of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)
title_sort rights, free trade, and politics: the strategic use of a rights discourse in the negotiation of free trade agreements (ftas)
publisher Universidad de Los Andes
publishDate 2014
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