{"product_id":"9781526174642","title":"Critical theory and human rights","description":"Author: David McGrogan\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526174642\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Dec 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 280 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book describes how human rights have given rise to a vision of benevolent governance that, if fully realised, would be antithetical to individual freedom. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt 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, molded 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920552935582,"sku":"ING-9781526174642","price":56.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526174642.jpg?v=1782823678","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526174642","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}