'Introduction' in Economic and Social Rights in a Neoliberal World (Cambridge University Press).

Download or read book 'Introduction' in Economic and Social Rights in a Neoliberal World (Cambridge University Press). written by Gillian MacNaughton and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rise of neoliberal policy and practice simultaneous to the growing recognition of economic and social rights presents a puzzle. Can the rights to food, water, health, education, decent work, social security and the benefits of science prevail against market fundamentalism? The edited volume "Economic and Social Rights in a Neoliberal World" is about the potential of these rights to counter the adverse impacts of neoliberal policy and practice on human wellbeing. Cutting across several lines of human rights literature, the chapters address norm development, court decision making, policymaking, advocacy, measurement and social mobilization. The analyses reveal that neoliberalism infiltrates management practices, changes international policy goals, flattens public school curricula and distorts the outputs of UN human rights treaty bodies. Are economic and social rights successful in challenging neoliberalism, are they simply marginalized or are they co-opted and incorporated into neoliberal frameworks? This multidisciplinary work by a geographically diverse group of scholars and practitioners begins to address these questions.