On law and economic inequality: A response to Philip Alston

In ‘The Right to Social Insecurity: A Human Rights Perspective on the Evolution of Australian Welfare Policy’,(Australian Journal of Human Rights, 24:3, 253-275) Philip Alston provides an insightful analysis of the complex relationship between human rights and economic inequality. In this short comm...

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Published in:	Australian journal of human rights 2018-11, Vol.24 (3), p.276-280
Main Author:	Dixon, Rosalind
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Economic inequalities Economics Equality Human rights Poor Sociological aspects
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Summary:	In ‘The Right to Social Insecurity: A Human Rights Perspective on the Evolution of Australian Welfare Policy’,(Australian Journal of Human Rights, 24:3, 253-275) Philip Alston provides an insightful analysis of the complex relationship between human rights and economic inequality. In this short comment, however, I want to highlight two important ways in which current human rights approaches may need to be developed if human rights are to serve the role Alston argues for: first, to address more directly the needs of the middle class; and, second, to encompass a notion of relative, not—just absolute—adequacy for certain goods.
ISSN:	1323-238X 2573-573X