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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| author | Angelika Rettberg Philippe De Lombaerde Liliana Lizarazo-Rodríguez Juan Felipe Ortiz-Riomalo |
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| 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2c521aae1543496298417a9ff333ed822022-12-21T17:33:11ZengUniversidad de los AndesColombia Internacional0121-56121900-60042014-08-018112916510.7440/colombiaint81.2014.05Rights, Free Trade, and Politics: The Strategic Use of a Rights Discourse in the Negotiation of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)Angelika Rettberg0Philippe De Lombaerde1Liliana Lizarazo-Rodríguez2Juan Felipe Ortiz-Riomalo3Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)UNU-CRIS (Bélgica)Consultora independiente (Bélgica)Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)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.http://colombiainternacional.uniandes.edu.co/view.php/9176/index.php?id=9176Policy processhuman rightsEconomicSocial and Cultural Rights (ESCR)free trade agreementsEuropean UnionUnited StatesColombia |
| spellingShingle | 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) Colombia Internacional Policy process human rights Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR) free trade agreements European Union United States Colombia |
| title | 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_short | 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 |
| topic | Policy process human rights Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR) free trade agreements European Union United States Colombia |
| url | http://colombiainternacional.uniandes.edu.co/view.php/9176/index.php?id=9176 |
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