The Morals of the Market: Human Rights and the Rise of Neoliberalism

by Jessica Whyte

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The fatal embrace of human rights and neoliberalism

Drawing on detailed archival research on the parallel histories of human rights and neoliberalism, Jessica Whyte uncovers the place of human rights in neoliberal attempts to develop a moral framework for a market society. In the wake of the Second World War, neoliberals saw demands for new rights to social welfare and self-determination as threats to "civilisation". Yet, rather than rejecting...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1786633116

ISBN13:9781786633118

Release Date:November 2019

Publisher:Verso

Length:288 Pages

Weight:0.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"

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Political Science Politics & Social Sciences

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