Research Handbook on Global Governance, Business and Human Ri... - 9781788979825

Research Handbook on Global Governance, Business and Human RightsAuthor(s): Axel Marx, Geert Van Calster, Jan Wouters, Kari Otteburn, Diana Lica\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781788979825, 978-1788979825\nSynopsis\nThis essential Research Handbook provides a comprehensive and critical assessment of the global governance instruments related to business and human rights from an interdisciplinary perspective. Contributions from a diverse range of leading international scholars offer an overview of the existing literature and rapidly-evolving research discipline, as well as identifying key trends and outlining an ambitious future research agenda. The Research Handbook first examines governance initiatives that operate across economic sectors, discussing both public and private initiatives at state, regional and international levels that seek to develop, implement and enforce rules with regard to.