Privatizing Human Rights
destroying the social contract and empowering corporate actors
$42.23
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
18 March 2026
Summary
The Silent Erosion: How Privatization Undermines Human Rights
Corporations are seizing control of essential services worldwide, from water and healthcare to housing and transportation, with devastating consequences for human rights that are largely ignored. This book unveils the urgent response needed to combat this trend.
Fueled by international institutions and consulting firms touting privatization as the solution to strained public finances, the reality is far from the p…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509982578 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1509982574 |
| Author: | Philip Alston, Bassam Khawaja, Rebecca Riddell, Jackson Gandour |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Hart Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 18 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 138mm |
About The Author
Philip Alston
Philip Alston is John Norton Pomeroy Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, USA, and a former UN Special Rapporteur on both extreme poverty and human rights, and on extrajudicial executions.
Bassam Khawaja is Supervising Attorney and Lecturer in Law, Smith Family Human Rights Clinic, Columbia Law School, USA.
Rebecca Riddell is Economic Justice Policy Lead, Oxfam America, USA.
Jackson Gandour is Adjunct Professor of Law and Research Scholar, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, NYU School of Law, USA.
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