What's wrong with rights? [electronic resource] : social movements, law and liberal imaginations / Radha D'Souza.

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Provides a critique of liberal rights exposing the paradox between 'good' capitalism and the reality of its actions. Mapping the rights discourse and the transformations in transnational finance capitalism since the world wars, and interrogating the connections between the two, D'Souza examines cont...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: D'Souza, Radha (Author)
Language:English
Published: London : Pluto Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Social justice.
Social movements.
Human rights.
Online Access:
eBook Business Collection (EBSCOhost) - North America: 2018 (EBSCO)
EBSCO eBooks: 2018 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2018 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Social movements, law and liberal imaginations
What is wrong with rights
What's Wrong with Rights?: Social Movements, Law and Liberal Imaginations
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Part one. The rights resurgence. Social movements, law and liberal imaginations. What's wrong with rights?
  • Rights in the 'epoch of imperialism'.
  • Part two. Re-scripting rights. International election monitoring: from 'will of the people' to the 'right to free and fair elections'
  • The rights of victims: from authorization to accountability
  • Intangible property rights: the IMF as underwriters
  • Rights in international neoliberal risk-governance regime.
  • Part three. Concluding Reflections. Rights and social movements in the 'epoch of imperialism.'