Human Rights and Development

Name: Human Rights and Development
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ISBN: 9781565491854

ISBN-10: 1565491858

ISBN-13: 9781565491854

Edition: 2004

Authors: Peter Uvin

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List price: $26.50
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Publication date: 5/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English




Some Debates of Relevance to the Development Practitioner



Background


The Big Picture


The Human Rights Debates



The Legal Challenges


The Charge of Eurocentrism


The Contested Nature of Second- and Third-Generation Rights



Human Rights in the Practice of Development



The Basics


Rhetorical Incorporation



Political Conditionality


History of Conditionality


Difficulties


Beyond Aid Conditionality



Positive Support


The Practice of Positive Support


The Tools of Positive Support


Does Positive Support (If Not All Aid) Undermine Governance by Definition?


Post-Script: The Issue of Coherence



A Rights-Based Approach to Development


Vision


Process


Some Practical Implications of a Rights-Based Approach to Development



Final Synthesis and Questions


A Synthesis of the Arguments


A Step Back: Big Trends and Questions


Choices Among Rights


A Fear: Is This Agenda Too Interventionist?