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Are worker rights human rights?

By Richard P. McIntyre

Book information

Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Year
2008
ISBN
9780472070428, 0472070428, 9780472050420, 0472050427, 2008011490
Google Books ID
WPoVTaaHXnQC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (14895973 bytes)
Pages
222\236
Topic
Economy
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2021-01-17 06:47:47
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Description

The movement's victories since WWII have come at a cost, however. The emphasis on individual rights erodes collective rights—the rights that disadvantaged peoples need to assert their most basic human rights. This is particularly true for workers, McIntyre argues. By reintroducing Marxian and Institutional analysis, he reveals the class relations and power structures that determine the position of workers in the global economy. The best hope for achieving workers' rights, he concludes, lies in grassroots labor organizations that claim the right of association and collective bargaining. At last, an economist offers a vision for human rights that takes both moral questions and class relations seriously.

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