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Table of Contents
ABSTRACT .............................................................................................................. i
Table of Contents .................................................................................................. ii
Preface and Acknowledgments ............................................................................ x
Declaration of Originality ................................................................................... xiii
List of Tables and Figures.................................................................................. xiv
List of Abbreviations ........................................................................................... xv
Dedication ........................................................................................................... xix
Chapter 1
1.1 ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS IN PERIL FOR WANT OF
RESOURCES? ........................................................................................................ 1
1.2 RESEARCH PROBLEM: UNPACKING ‘MAXIMUM AVAILABLE
RESOURCES’ ......................................................................................................... 4
1.2.1 ‘Maximum available resources’: Why the concept requires further clarity.... 6
1.2.2 Defining ‘resources’ .................................................................................... 9
1.2.3 What resources are ‘available’ to the State? ............................................. 10
1.2.4 ‘Maximum’ of resources ............................................................................ 12
1.3 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES ............................................................................. 14
1.3.1 Research questions .................................................................................. 16
1.3.2 Core thesis arguments.............................................................................. 17
1.4 METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................ 18
1.4.1 Methodological approaches ...................................................................... 20
1.4.2 Data types and data analysis .................................................................... 22
1.4.3 Case studies............................................................................................. 26
1.4.3.1 Background to the case studies: The Maldives ................................... 28
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO
SCHOLARSHIP..................................................................................................... 31
1.5.1 Identifying challenges to ESC rights realisation in a world of abundance .. 32
1.5.2 Bringing ESC rights to the forefront of State policy ................................... 35
1.5.3 Economics and policy dynamics of ‘maximum available resources’ .......... 37
1.5.4 ESC rights activism and advocacy: Enhancing policy accountability of the
State .................................................................................................................. 40
1.6 THESIS STRUCTURE ..................................................................................... 42