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1 online resource (255 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Social movements, law and liberal imaginations -- 2. What's wrong with rights? -- 3. Rights in the 'epoch of imperialism' -- 4. International election monitoring : from 'will of the people' to the 'right to free and fair elections' -- 5. The rights of victims : from authorisation to accountability -- 6. Intangible property rights : the IMF as underwriters -- 7. Rights in international neoliberal risk-governance regime -- 8. Rights and social movements in the 'epoch of imperialism.' |
| Summary |
Rights occupy a strange position in global politics. On the one hand, they're used by business and governments as a justification for globalization--if the spread of corporate capitalism also helps lead to improvements in human rights, then globalization must be good, right? At the same time, though, even those on the left who are skeptical of that discourse tend to hew to a belief in rights themselves, like the right to food, medicine, housing, free speech, assembly, and religion. How can these conflicting attitudes towards rights be reconciled? Radha D'Souza lays out the problem and the solution in this book, applying legal thought to human rights to bridge the gap between rights in the abstract and their institutional context. Through close looks at real struggles, D'Souza shows how the left around the world can develop new strategies and tactics to achieve the goals embodied by rights discourse without giving cover to globalization. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human rights.
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Human rights. |
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Social movements.
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Social movements. |
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Social justice.
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Social justice. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Human rights. |
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Social movements. |
| Added Title |
What is wrong with rights? |
| Other Form: |
Print version: D'Souza, Radha. What's wrong with rights? London : Pluto Press, 2018 9780745335407 (OCoLC)1023073053 |
| ISBN |
9781783717262 (PDF eBook) |
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1783717262 (PDF eBook) |
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9781783717279 (EPUB eBook) |
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1783717270 (EPUB eBook) |
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9781783717286 (Kindle eBook) |
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1783717289 (Kindle eBook) |
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9780745335407 (hardback) |
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0745335403 (hardback) |
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9780745335414 (paperback) |
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0745335411 (paperback) |
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