Human Rights and Development in the new Millennium: Towards a Theory of Change - Softcover

 
9780415527309: Human Rights and Development in the new Millennium: Towards a Theory of Change
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ISBN 10: 0415527309 ISBN 13: 9780415527309
Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

In recent years human rights have assumed a central position in the discourse surrounding international development, while human rights agencies have begun to more systematically address economic and social rights. This edited volume brings together distinguished scholars to explore the merging of human rights and development agendas at local, national and international levels. They examine how this merging affects organisational change, operational change and the role of relevant actors in bringing about change. With a focus on practice and policy rather than pure theory, the volume also addresses broader questions such as what human rights and development can learn from one another, and whether the connections between the two fields are increasing or declining.

The book is structured in three sections:

  • Part I looks at approaches that combine human rights and development, including chapters on drivers of change; indicators; donor; and legal empowerment of the poor.

  • Part II focuses on organisational contexts and includes chapters on the UN at the country level; EU development cooperation; PLAN’s children’s rights-based approach; and ActionAid’s human rights-based approach.

  • Part III examines country contexts, including chapters on the ILO in various settings; the Congo; Ethiopia; and South Africa.

Human Rights and Development in the new Millennium: Towards a Theory of Change

will be of strong interest to students and scholars of human rights, development studies, political science and economics.

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About the Author

Paul Gready is Professor of Applied Human Rights and Director of the Centre for Applied Human Rights at the University of York, UK.

Wouter Vandenhole teaches human rights law and holds the UNICEF Chair in Children’s Rights at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415527309
ISBN 13 
9780415527309
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
320
Editor
Gready Paul, Vandenhole Wouter

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