Economic and social rights in a neoliberal world

The rise of neoliberal policy and practice simultaneous to the growing recognition of economic and social rights presents a puzzle.

Can the rights to food, water, health education, decent work, social security, and the benefits of science prevail against market fundamentalism?

This book is about the potential of these rights to contest the adverse impacts of neoliberal policy and practice on human wellbeing.

Cutting across several lines of human rights literature, the chapters address norm development, court decision making, policymaking, advocacy, measurement, and social mobilization.