What's wrong with rights? : social movements, law and liberal imaginations /

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, t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: D'Souza, Radha (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Pluto Press, 2018.
Temas:
Human rights.
Social movements.
Social justice.
Human Rights
Social Justice
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Mouvements sociaux.
Justice sociale.
social movements.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.'

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