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Richard P. McIntyre - Are Worker Rights Human Rights? - 9780472070428 - V9780472070428
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Are Worker Rights Human Rights?

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Description for Are Worker Rights Human Rights? Hardcover. In a global economy, workers must assert their collective rights as workers in order to win human rights as individuals. By introducing Marxian and Institutional analysis, this book reveals the class relations and power structures that determine the position of workers in the global economy. Series: Advances in Heterodox Economics S. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 figure, 5 tables. BIC Classification: JPVH; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.

"In a much-needed intervention, Ric McIntyre recasts the debate about globalization and labor rights and speeds us to the heart of the matter: the battle between transnational corporations who distance themselves from responsibility for the fate of workers, and labor activists who seek to reestablish bonds of accountability and moral obligation. The stakes in this struggle are enormous, and Dr. McIntyre provides crucial insight into the economic and political dynamics that define it."
---Scott Nova, Executive Director, Worker Rights Consortium, Washington, DC

"This book presents an insightful, powerful corrective to the contemporary debate over worker rights. McIntyre identifies the limitations of ... Read more

"An important contribution to the interdisciplinary study of labor. McIntyre's book will challenge the debate over labor rights on all fronts."
---Michael Hillard, Professor of Economics, University of Southern Maine

"A timely examination of our modern 'sweating system' . . . essential reading for all workers who hope for greater dignity in the workplace and greater fairness in society."
---Janet Knoedler, Associate Professor of Economics, Bucknell University

"Ric McIntyre convincingly shows how local actions, regulations changes, and international norms can combine to establish collective rights for workers."
---Gilles Raveaud, Assistant Professor in Economics, University of Saint-Denis, France, and cofounder of the "post-autistic economics movement"

"An important, timely, and needed contribution to our understanding of worker rights."
---Patrick McHugh, Associate Professor of Management, George Washington University

"Workers of the world, unite!" Karl Marx's famous call to action still promises an effective means of winning human rights in the modern global economy, according to economist Richard P. McIntyre. Currently, the human rights movement insists upon a person's right to life, freedom, and material necessities. In democratic, industrial nations such as the United States, the movement focuses more specifically on a person's civil rights and equal opportunity.

The movement's victories since WWII have come at a cost, however. The emphasis on individual rights erodes collective rights---the rights that disadvantaged peoples need to assert their most basic human rights. This is particularly true for workers, McIntyre argues. By reintroducing Marxian and Institutional analysis, he reveals the class relations and power structures that determine the position of workers in the global economy. The best hope for achieving workers' rights, he concludes, lies in grassroots labor organizations that claim the right of association and collective bargaining.

At last, an economist offers a vision for human rights that takes both moral questions and class relations seriously.

Richard P. McIntyre is Director of the University Honors Program and Professor of Economics at the University of Rhode Island.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Advances in Heterodox Economics S.
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472070428
SKU
V9780472070428
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About Richard P. McIntyre
Richard P. McIntyre is Director of the University Honors Program and Professor of Economics at the University of Rhode Island.

Reviews for Are Worker Rights Human Rights?
An important contribution to the interdisciplinary study of labor. McIntyre's book will challenge the debate over labor rights on all fronts. - Michael Hillard, University of Southern Maine ""An important, timely, and needed contribution to our understanding of worker rights."" - Patrick McHugh, George Washington University

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