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Book SynopsisA critique of liberal rights exposing the paradox between 'good' capitalism and the reality of its actions.
Trade Review'The book many of us have been waiting for - brilliant, radical, and essential thinking for our times.' -- Aziz Choudry, Canada Research Chair in Social Movement Learning and Knowledge Production, McGill University
'A brilliant interrogation of the powerful hold the concept of rights has over social movements ... An absolute must read for everybody concerned with rights as a means for realising justice' -- Sunera Thobani, Asian Studies/Critical Race Feminist Studies, University of British Columbia
'This persuasively written book helps us to trace the location of rights in capitalism and imperialism' -- Shahrzad Mojab, Professor in the Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, University of Toronto, and co-author of Revolutionary Learning (Pluto, 2017)
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Abbreviations
Preface
Part I: The Rights Resurgence
1. Social Movements, Law and Liberal Imaginations
2. What’s Wrong With Rights?
3. Rights in the ‘Epoch of Imperialism’
Part II: Re-Scripting Rights
4. International Election Monitoring: From ‘Will of the People’ to the ‘Right to Free and Fair Elections’
5. The Rights of Victims: From Authorisation to Accountability
6. Intangible Property Rights: The IMF as Underwriters
7. Rights in International Neoliberal Risk-Governance Regime
Part III: Concluding Reflections
8. Rights and Social Movements in the ‘Epoch of Imperialism'
Postscript
Notes
Index
