Philip Alston, Bassam Khawaja, Rebecca Riddell, Jackson Gandour

Privatizing Human Rights

Destroying the Social Contract and Empowering Corporate Actors

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Produktbeschreibung

Outlines the urgent response needed to address privatization, which has led to dramatic but largely overlooked consequences for human rights.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Februar 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 138mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781509982585
• ISBN-10: 1509982582
• Artikelnr.: 72652722

Autorenporträt

Philip Alston is John Norton Pomeroy Professor of Law at New York University School of Law and is co-chair of the law school's Center for Human Rights and Global Justice. Professor Alston has held a range of senior UN appointments including United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Drivers of Privatization
3. The Hype versus the Reality
4. The Costs to Society
5. Case Study: Bus Services in the United Kingdom
6. Case Study: Healthcare in Kenya
7. Privatization and Human Rights Law
8. Towards a Balanced Approach
9. Conclusion
Annex: Toolkit