In Defense of Economic and Social Human Rights Christiansen Hardback

In Defense of Economic and Social Human Rights\n\nAn Intellectual History, 1940 to the Present\n\nThe first intellectual history of economic and social human rights from the onset of World War II until the present.\n\nChristian Olaf Christiansen (Author)\n\n9781009551410, Cambridge University Press\n\nHardback, published 20 November 2025\n\n262 pages\n28 x 19 x 2.2 cm, 0.539 kg\n\n'Comprehensive, enlightening, nuanced. Christiansen makes a powerful and persuasive case: Ideas matter. Human rights matter. The UN's efforts to defend economic and social rights matter.' Thomas G. Weiss, The CUNY Graduate Center\n\nBreaking new ground in the intellectual history of economic and social human rights, Christian Olaf Christiansen traces their justification from the outset of World War II until the present day. Featuring a series of fascinating thinkers, from political scientists to Popes, this is the first book to comprehensively map the key arguments made in defense of human rights and how th.