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Not enough : human rights in an unequal world / Samuel Moyn.

By: Moyn, Samuel [author.].

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BookPublisher: London Belknap Press 2018Description: xii, 277 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780674737563 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Human rights -- History

| Equality -- History

| Welfare economics -- History

| Neoliberalism -- History

DDC classification: C41 M876n

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.--

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.--

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Not enough : human rights in an unequal world / Samuel Moyn.

By: Moyn, Samuel [author.].