Not enough :
Moyn, Samuel
Not enough : human rights in an unequal world / Samuel Moyn - First edition - Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2019 - xii, 277 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Jacobin legacy: the origins of social justice -- National welfare and the universal declaration -- FDR's second bill -- Globalizing welfare after empire -- Basic needs and human rights -- Global ethics from equality to subsistence -- Human rights in the neoliberal maelstrom.
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.--
9780674737563 (alk. paper) 9780674241398
2017041518
JC571 / .M8635 2018
323.09
Not enough : human rights in an unequal world / Samuel Moyn - First edition - Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2019 - xii, 277 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Jacobin legacy: the origins of social justice -- National welfare and the universal declaration -- FDR's second bill -- Globalizing welfare after empire -- Basic needs and human rights -- Global ethics from equality to subsistence -- Human rights in the neoliberal maelstrom.
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.--
9780674737563 (alk. paper) 9780674241398
2017041518
JC571 / .M8635 2018
323.09