D'Souza, Radha
What's Wrong with Rights?
- ISBN 13:
- 9780745335414
- author:
- D'Souza, Radha
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Pluto Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 272
- Dimensions:
- 135 mm X 215 mm
- Genre:
- 21.5 x 13.5 centimetres (0.35 kg, Nonfiction, Politics, General,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Radha D'Souza examines contemporary rights in theory and practice through the lens of struggles for national liberation and socialism. Social movements demand rights to address injustices, but what drives organisations like the World Bank and IMF to promote rights? This book interrogates the connections between rights discourse and transnational finance capitalism, exploring why activists and activist scholars often reinstate human rights despite criticism. D'Souza questions whether reducing rights to 'human' rights is a valid approach, and how this perspective affects our understanding of rights. By examining the complexities of rights in different historical contexts, she sheds light on the tensions between social movements and critical scholarship. Through her analysis, D'Souza reveals the nuances of contemporary rights discourse and its implications for our understanding of justice and equality.
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