RT Article
T1 Monitoring state fulfillment of economic and social rights obligations in the United States
JF Human rights review
VO 13
IS 2
SP 139
OP 165
A1 Randolph, Susan M.
A1 Prairie, Michelle
A1 Stewart, John
A2 Prairie, Michelle
A2 Stewart, John
LA English
YR 2012
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/719812445
AB This article adapts the economic and social rights fulfillment index (SERF Index) developed by Fukuda-Parr, Lawson-Remer, and Randolph to assess the extent to which each of the 50 US states fulfills the economic and social rights obligations set forth in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. It then extends the index to incorporate discrimination and examines differences in economic and social rights fulfillment by race and sex within each of the states. The overall SERF Index score varies between states from below 70% to almost 85%, with wider variation on some of the six substantive rights that comprise the overall SERF Index score. The findings reveal limited sex discrimination but pronounced race discrimination.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 164-165
K1 Human Rights
K1 Economic and Social Rights
K1 International Law
K1 Human Development
K1 Welfare and Poverty
K1 Discrimination
K1 Country Study: United States
DO 10.1007/s12142-011-0211-1