Rethinking Economic Policy for Social Justice: The Radical Potential of Human Rights

by Radhika Balakrishnan, Diane Elson, James Heintz

Book Overview

The dominant approach to economic policy has so far failed to adequately address the pressing challenges the world faces today: extreme poverty, widespread joblessness and precarious employment, burgeoning inequality, and large-scale environmental threats. This message was brought home forcibly by the 2008 global economic crisis.

Rethinking Economic Policy for Social Justice shows how human rights have the potential to transform economic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138829153
• ISBN13: 9781138829152
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"