Critical Theory and Human Rights: From Compassion to Coercion - Couverture rigide

McGrogan, David

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 152613182X ISBN 13 : 9781526131829

Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2021

Synopsis

This book describes how human rights have given rise to a vision of benevolent governance that, if fully realised, would be antithetical to individual freedom. It describes human rights' evolution into a grand but nebulous project, rooted in compassion, with the overarching aim of improving universal welfare by defining the conditions of human well-being and imposing obligations on the state and other actors to realise them. This gives rise to a form of managerialism, preoccupied with measuring and improving the 'human rights performance' of the state, businesses and so on. The ultimate result is the 'governmentalisation' of a pastoral form of global human rights governance, in which power is exercised for the general good, moulded by a complex regulatory sphere which shapes the field of action for the individual at every turn. This, unsurprisingly, does not appeal to rights-holders themselves.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

David McGrogan is Associate Professor of Law at Northumbria Law School

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manchester University Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 152613182X
• ISBN 13: 9781526131829
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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