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Human Rights or Global Capitalism: The Limits of Privatization (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights)
Manfred Nowak
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Hardcover. Human Rights or Global Capitalism examines the application of neoliberal policies from a human rights perspective and asks whether states, by outsourcing to the private sector many services with a direct impact on human rights, abdicate their responsibilities to uphold human rights and violate international law. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH; KCS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 263 x 31. Weight in Grams: 560.
The fall of communism in the late 1980s and the end of the Cold War seemed to signal a new international social order built on pluralist democracy, the rule of law, and universal human rights. But the window of opportunity for creating this more just, more equal, and more secure world slammed shut just as quickly as it opened. Rather than celebrate the triumph of democracy over autocracy, or political freedom over totalitarian rule, the West exulted in the victory of capitalism over communism. Neoliberal policies of deregulation and privatization that minimized the role of the state were imposed on ... Read more
The fall of communism in the late 1980s and the end of the Cold War seemed to signal a new international social order built on pluralist democracy, the rule of law, and universal human rights. But the window of opportunity for creating this more just, more equal, and more secure world slammed shut just as quickly as it opened. Rather than celebrate the triumph of democracy over autocracy, or political freedom over totalitarian rule, the West exulted in the victory of capitalism over communism. Neoliberal policies of deregulation and privatization that minimized the role of the state were imposed on ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
Condition
New
Weight
559g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812248753
SKU
V9780812248753
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About Manfred Nowak
Manfred Nowak is Professor of International Law and Director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights at the University of Vienna.
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