Not enough : human rights in an unequal world /
By: Moyn, Samuel [author.].
Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2018Description: xii, 277 pages ; 26 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780674737563; 9780674737563:; 0674737563.Subject(s): Human rights -- History | Equality -- History | Welfare economics -- History | Neoliberalism -- HistoryDDC classification: 323.09 MOYItem type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-264) 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 -- Conclusion: Croesus's world.
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.