{"product_id":"privatizing-human-rights-philip-alston-9781509982585","title":"Privatizing Human Rights: Destroying the Social Contract and Empowering Corporate Actors","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGovernments around the world are privatizing everything, with dramatic but largely ignored negative consequences for human rights. This open access book outlines the response that is urgently needed.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCorporations are being given control over water, healthcare, housing, public transportation, child welfare services, aged care, and much else. Privatization is promoted by international financial institutions, consulting firms, and development actors as the answer to public finances devastated by the very tax cuts insistently pushed by these groups. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBuilding on the latest evidence and on specially commissioned case studies, this book shows how the touted 'efficiency' of the private sector is often predicated on higher charges and\/or reduced services, destructive employment practices, and the highly predictable exclusion of many users. Privatization generally costs states more money, marginalizes democratic decision-making, and transforms citizens from rights-holders into customers while sidelining accountability. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe authors develop an approach designed to enable human rights actors to move beyond their longstanding agnosticism towards privatization. It starts with a presumption that privatization is inherently retrogressive in human rights terms. Whatever mix of public and private is reflected in any given arrangement, governments must retain the degree of control necessary to ensure respect for rights, and the legal, financial and administrative ability to do so. The book charts a new direction for responding to the ever-growing threat that privatization poses to human rights. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Alston,Bassam Khawaja,Rebecca Riddell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1509982582\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781509982585\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hart Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.43w x 1.00d","brand":"Philip Alston","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48447901303039,"sku":"9781509982585","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_496cee76-18a8-4e66-9395-05835703f0f8.jpg?v=1777235579","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/privatizing-human-rights-philip-alston-9781509982585","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}