1st Edition

Economics Versus Human Rights

By Manuel Couret Branco Copyright 2009
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

Human rights and economics are the concepts that have contributed the most to free human kind, the former from fear and the latter from need. Consequently, they should be complementing rather competing. Unfortunately it does not seem to be the case. In this book Manuel Couret Branco shows how mainstream economics discourse is intrinsically opposed to the promotion of human rights, especially... Read more

Introduction, Chapter 1: Economics and Human Rights Lost in Translation, Chapter 2: Economics Versus the Right to Work, Chapter 3: Economics Versus the Provision of Goods and Services as Human Rights, Chapter 4: Economics Versus Cultural Freedom, Chaper 5: Economics Versus Democracy, Chapter 6: Globalization Versus Democracy, Conclusion: Economics for Human Rights.

Biography

Manuel Couret Branco is Associate Professor at the University of Évora in Portugal.