The book presents an analysis of the concept of rights and provides an illuminating expression of socialist ideals. The author outlines an analysis of fundamental human rights compatible with historical relativism and applies this to the political right of freedom of expression and the economic right to work. Finally he deploys the proposed analysis of socialist rights to explain the ambivalence of socialist thinkers towards welfare rights in contemporary capitalist states and to analyze the logic of assertions that welfare law is often counter-productive.
| ISBN: | 9780415555920 |
| Publication date: | 6th October 2009 |
| Author: | Canberra, Australia Tom Campbell Charles Sturt University |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 266 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Library Editions: Political Science |
| Genres: |
Social and political philosophy Far-left political ideologies and movements Anarchism Left-of-centre democratic ideologies |