What do the public think about economic and social rights?

The findings set out in this Report challenge the perception of low population support for rights overall - and the view that the public think rights are a “charter” for criminals and terrorists. They support the reasoning of the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) that economic and social rights are “popular” with the public. However, they do not provide grounds for thinking that civil and political rights such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion and the right to elections are “unpopular”. Rather, they suggest that when people are asked about their views on rights at a “higher”, more abstract level - as the rights that that should be enjoyed by people living in the UK today – very high percentages endorse a broad range of rights. The concept of “rights” does not appear to be understood by the public “narrowly” in terms of a limited number of civil and political rights. Rather, there is public support for a broad characterisation covering economic and social rights, as well as civil and political rights.[...]

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Alternative title:	Research Report to Inform the Debate about aBill of Rights and a Written Constitution
Year of publication:	2010-05-01
Authors:	Vizard, Polly
Institutions:	London School of Economics and Political Science
Published in:	London School of Economics and Political Science - CASE Reports CASE RESEARCH REPORT 61
Subject:	Wirtschaft \| Recht \| Menschenrecht \| Human rights \| Öffentlichkeit

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1 Introduction and overview
1.1 Overview of the empirical research exercise
1.2 The need for research
1.3 The public policy context
1.4 Outline of the current Report
2 The public policy background: Should economic and social rights be codified in a new Bill of Rights and / or a written constitution?
2.1 The evolution of public policy on human rights under Labour (1997-2010)
2.2 International models for judicial enforcement of economic and social rights
2.3 Proposals for codifying economic and social rights in a Bill of Rights
2.4 The 2010 General Election: The policy positions of the major parties
2.5 Conclusion
3 Public attitudes towards economic and social rights: Literature and data review
3.1 Survey evidence on public attitudes towards civil and political rights
3.2 Surveys that include specific questions on economic and social rights
3.3 Surveys that include specific questions on public attitudes towards human rights / the Human Rights Act
3.4 MOJ research exercise on public attitudes towards a Bill of Rights and Responsibilities
3.5 Power2010 deliberative research on public attitudes towards a Bill of Rights
3.6 Public attitudes towards the Rights of Disabled People: Findings from cognitive interviews
3.7 Burchardt and Vizard (2007, 2009): Deliberative research exercise to develop a list of freedoms and real opportunities
3.8 Methodologies for characterising and classifying population values
3.9 Conclusion
4 Public attitudes towards economic and social rights: In-depth empirical analysis using the Citizenship Survey “Rights and Responsibilities” Module
4.1 Aims of the research exercise
4.2 Overview of the Citizenship Survey and the “Rights and Responsibilities” Module
4.3 The overall picture of public support for rights
4.4 Logistic regression research exercise
4.5 Further investigation of the equivalent household income findings using alternative model specifications
4.6 Relative importance of the independent variables
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