Economic and social rights in a neoliberal world / edited by Gillian MacNaughton, University of Massachusetts Boston, Diane F. Frey, San Francisco State University.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

MacNaughton, Gillian, 1961- editor.

Frey, Diane F., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality--Economic aspects.

Human rights.

Economic development--Moral and ethical aspects.

Neoliberalism.

Equality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 366 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

The rise of neoliberal policy and practice simultaneous to the growing recognition of economic and social rights presents a puzzle. Can the rights to food, water, health education, decent work, social security and the benefits of science prevail against market fundamentalism? Economic and Social Rights in a Neoliberal World is about the potential of these rights to contest the adverse impacts of neoliberal policy and practice on human wellbeing. Cutting across several lines of human rights literature, the chapters address norm development, court decision making, policymaking, advocacy, measurement and social mobilization. The analyses reveal that neoliberalism infiltrates management practices, changes international policy goals, flattens public school curriculum and distorts the outputs of UN human rights treaty bodies. Are economic and social rights successful in challenging neoliberalism, are they simply marginalized or are they co-opted and incorporated into neoliberal frameworks? This multidisciplinary work by a geographically diverse group of scholars and practitioners begins to address these questions.

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781108284691

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