When Misfortune Becomes Injustice

Alicia Ely Yamin has spent half of her professional career working outside the United States, with and through local organizations. She currently leads the Global Health and Rights Project, a collaboration of the Petrie-Flom Center on Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics at Harvard Law School and the Global Health Education and Learning Incubator at Harvard University. Yamin is known globally for her pioneering scholarship and advocacy in relation to economic and social rights, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and the right to health.

Introduction: Allegorizing the World

1. Indignation and Injustice

2. The Significances of Suffering

3. Diverging Parables of Progress

4. Dystopian Modernization

5. Globalizing Crises, Pandemics, and Norms

6. Inequality, Democracy, and Health Rights

7. Power, Politics, and Knowledge

Conclusions: Turning Toward the World We Want