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
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Publicado: Universidad de Los Andes 2014
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author Angelika Rettberg
Philippe De Lombaerde
Liliana Lizarazo-Rodríguez
Juan Felipe Ortiz-Riomalo
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Philippe De Lombaerde
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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 clacso-CLACSO951152022-03-22T18:52:12Z Rights, Free Trade, and Politics: The Strategic Use of a Rights Discourse in the Negotiation of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) Angelika Rettberg Philippe De Lombaerde Liliana Lizarazo-Rodríguez Juan Felipe Ortiz-Riomalo Política Policy process human rights Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR) free trade agreements European Union United States 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. 2014 2022-03-22T18:52:12Z 2022-03-22T18:52:12Z artículo científico http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=81231284007 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/95115 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=812 Colombia Internacional application/pdf Universidad de Los Andes Colombia Internacional (Colombia) Num.81
spellingShingle Política
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)
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 Política
Policy process
human rights
Economic
Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR)
free trade agreements
European Union
United States
Colombia
url http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=81231284007
http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/95115