A Comparative Analysis of Visits by the UN Special Rapporteur to the United States and to the European Union

Cummins, Ian; Gómez-Ciriano, Emilio José

Abstract

This chapter uses Somers’s model of citizenship to present a comparative analysis of the reports issued by the UN Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights after his visits to the European Union and the United States. The two reports were based on visits by the UN Rapporteur that followed periods of welfare retrenchment and austerity in the European Union and the United States. The chapter examines the discourse of human rights that the reports use to outline the impact of welfare retrenchment in the United States and the European Union.

Citation

Cummins, I., & Gómez-Ciriano, E. J. (2025). A Comparative Analysis of Visits by the UN Special Rapporteur to the United States and to the European Union. In The Oxford Handbook of Power, Politics, and Social Work (505-516). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197650899.013.27

• Online Publication Date: Oct 22, 2024
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2025
• Deposit Date: Jan 23, 2025
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
• Pages: 505-516
• Series Title: Oxford Handbooks
• Book Title: The Oxford Handbook of Power, Politics, and Social Work
• Chapter Number: 27
• ISBN: 9780197650899
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197650899.013.27