Human Rights and Structural Adjustment

Name: Human Rights and Structural Adjustment
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ISBN: 9780521859332

ISBN-10: 0521859336

ISBN-13: 9780521859332

Edition: 2007

Authors: M. Rodwan Abouharb, David L. Cingranelli

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Structural adjustment has been a central part of the development strategy for the third world. Loans made by the World Bank and the IMF have been conditional on developing countries pursuing rapid economic liberalization programmes as it was believed this would strengthen their economies in the long run. M. Rodwan Abouharb and David Cingranelli argue that, conversely, structural adjustment agreements usually cause increased hardship for the poor, greater civil conflict, and more repression of human rights, therefore resulting in a lower rate of economic development. Greater exposure to structural adjustment has increased the prevalence of anti-government protests, riots and rebellion. It…

Book details

List price: $123.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/13/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 292
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



List of figures


List of tables


Acknowledgments



The argument



Structural adjustment programs undermine human rights



Respect for human rights promotes economic development



Theoretical linkages between structural adjustment and repression



Estimating the human rights effects of structural adjustment



Methods



Determinants of structural adjustment lending



Findings



Economic and social rights



Civil conflict: demonstrations, riots, and rebellion



Torture, murder, disappearance, and political imprisonment



Worker rights



Democracy and civil liberties



Conclusion



A human rights-based approach to economic development


Bibliography


Author index


Subject index