Introduction: making sense of the multiple and complex pathways by which human rights are realized / LaDawn Haglund and Robin Stryker
Do non-human rights regimes undermine the achievement of economic and social rights? / M. Rodwan Abouharb, David l. Cingranelli, and Mikhail Filippov
Linking law and economics : translating economic and social human rights norms into public policy / William F. Felice
Advances and ongoing challenges in the protection of indigenous peoples' rights within the inter-American system and the United Nations special procedures system / Leonardo J. Alvarado
The impact of legal strategies for claiming economic and social rights / Varun Gauri and Daniel Brinks
The role of human rights law in protecting environmental rights in South Asia / Sumudu Atapattu
The morality of law : the case against deportation of settled immigrants / Doris Marie Provine
Social movements and the expansion of economic and social human rights advocacy among international NGOs / Paul J. Nelson
The challenge of ensuring food security : global perspectives and evidence from India / Shareen Hertel and Susan Randolph
Achieving rights to land, water and health in post-apartheid South Africa / Heinz Klug
Social accountability in the World Bank : how does it overlap with human and ESCR rights? / Hans-Otto Sano
Making the principle of progressive realization operational : the SERF index, an index for monitoring state fulfillment of economic and social rights obligations / Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Terra Lawson-Remer, and Susan Randolph
Deepening our understanding of rights realization through disaggregation and mapping: integrating census data and participatory GIS / Rimjhim Aggarwal and Ladawn Haglund
Studying courts in context : the role of non-judicial institutional and socio-political realities / Siri Gloppen
Conclusion: emerging possibilities for social transformation / Robin Stryker and LaDawn Haglund.