{"product_id":"critical-theory-and-human-rights-david-mcgrogan-9781526131829","title":"Critical Theory and Human Rights: From Compassion to Coercion","description":"This book describes how human rights have given rise to a vision of benevolent governance that, if fully realised, would be antithetical to individual freedom. It describes human rights' evolution into a grand but nebulous project, rooted in compassion, with the overarching aim of improving universal welfare by defining the conditions of human well-being and imposing obligations on the state and other actors to realise them. This gives rise to a form of managerialism, preoccupied with measuring and improving the 'human rights performance' of the state, businesses and so on. The ultimate result is the 'governmentalisation' of a pastoral form of global human rights governance, in which power is exercised for the general good, moulded by a complex regulatory sphere which shapes the field of action for the individual at every turn. This, unsurprisingly, does not appeal to rights-holders themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David McGrogan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 152613182X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526131829\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d","brand":"David McGrogan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44126859329791,"sku":"9781526131829","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bb1fa71e-07c2-4f6a-8a29-3c7325a18428.jpg?v=1687450553","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/critical-theory-and-human-rights-david-mcgrogan-9781526131829","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}