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Development and Human Rights: Rhetoric and Reality in India - Couverture rigide

Oestreich, Joel E.

 
9780190637347: Development and Human Rights: Rhetoric and Reality in India
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 019063734X ISBN 13 : 9780190637347
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2017

Synopsis

Development and Human Rights examines how United Nations agencies are following a "rights based approach to development" in India. It asks two questions: how (if at all) does the implementation of a rights based approach differ from traditional development work? And what strategies do development agencies follow to overcome local opposition to this politically controversial strategy? Integrating human rights into the development process means that development agencies can be vitally important instruments in rights protection and promotion, which has been overlooked in almost all existing literature on human rights. This book, then, presents the first full-length study of how these agencies evaluate the rights situation in a single country, and the first study to look at both the good and the bad in a rights based approach. It begins with a description of what a rights based approach is, and an examination of the human rights challenges faced in India. It then focuses on the work of five agencies: UNICEF, the UN Development Programme, the World Bank, the UN Fund for Population Activities, and UN Women. Chapters then summarize how the UN navigates this difficult political terrain, and how effectively these policies are being implemented. It also considers how rights based approaches fit in the traditional discourse on human rights, and what it says about the ability of these agencies to initiate meaningful change on state behavior in the rights arena.

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À propos de l'auteur

Joel E. Oestreich is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the International Area Studies Program at Drexel University. He is the author of Power and Principle: Human Rights Programming in International Organizations.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press Inc
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
019063734X
ISBN 13 
9780190637347
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
Oxford University Press
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