What's wrong with rights? : social movements and legal imaginations / Radha D'Souza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

D'Souza, Radha, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social movements.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

xv, 255 pages ; 22 cm

Other Title:

What is wrong with rights

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, [2018]

Summary:

Social movements demand rights to remedy wrongs and injustices. But why do organisations like the World Bank and IMF, the G

Contents:

Part I. The rights resurgence. Social movements, law and liberal imaginations ; What's wrong with rights? ; Rights in the 'epoch of imperialism'

Part II. Re-scripting rights. International election monitoring: from 'will of the people' to the 'right to free and fair elections' ; The rights of victims: from authorisation to accountability ; Intangible property rights: the IMF as underwriters ; Rights in international neoliberal risk-governance regime

Part III. Concluding reflections. Rights and social movements in the 'epoch of imperialism.'

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-247) and index.

ISBN:

0745335411

9780745335414

OCLC:

1023073053