Privatization, Vulnerability, and Social Responsibility A Comparative Perspective
“Privatization, Vulnerability, and Social Responsibility: A Comparative Perspective” by Martha Fineman, published by Routledge in November 2016, comprises 342 pages and is presented in English. This book takes a cross-cultural approach to examine the effects of privatization and globalization on feminist and social justice perspectives regarding public responsibility. It addresses the increasing relevance of the divide between the private and political spheres, particularly as the welfare state faces challenges globally and private entities extend beyond national borders.
Readers will find a thorough exploration of vulnerability analysis, emphasizing our interconnectedness within social institutions and the necessity for public accountability concerning shared vulnerabilities. The text critiques neoliberal policies that commodify essential human needs, shifting responsibilities from public entities to private families. Through comparative analyses across various legal cultures, the book reveals how these dynamics play out differently, offering insights into the legal responses to vulnerability and advocating for a more responsive state in addressing social needs.
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Taking a cross-cultural perspective, this book explores how privatization and globalization impact contemporary feminist and social justice approaches to public responsibility. Feminist legal theorists have long problematized divisions between the private and the political, an issue with growing importance in a time when the welfare state is under threat in many parts of the world and private markets and corporations transcend national boundaries. Because vulnerability analysis emphasizes our interdependency within social institutions and the need for public responsibility for our shared vulnerability, it can highlight how neoliberal policies commodify human necessities, channeling unprofitable social relationships, such as caretaking, away from public responsibility and into the individual private family. This book uses comparative analyses to examine how these dynamics manifest across different legal cultures. By highlighting similarities and differences in legal responses to vulnerability, this book provides important insights and arguments against the privatization of social need and for a more responsive state.
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