Not enough
Subtitle: human rights in an unequal world
By: Samuel Moyn
Publisher: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780674737563
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Human rights; History; Welfare economics; Equality; Neoliberalism
Description: The  age of human rights has been kindest to the rich. As state violations of political rights garnered attention, a commitment to material equality disappeared and market fundamentalism emerged as the dominant economic force. Samuel Moyn asks why we chose not to challenge wealth and neglected the demands of a broader social and economic justice--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-264) and index.
Table of contents: title: Jacobin legacy: the origins of social justice; title: National welfare and the universal declaration; title: FDR's second bill; title: Globalizing welfare after empire; title: Basic needs and human rights; title: Global ethics from equality to subsistence; title: Human rights in the neoliberal maelstrom.