Human Rights and the Capabilities Approach - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1138814520 ISBN 13 : 9781138814523

Editeur : Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

The aim of this volume is to explore the relationship between human rights and capabilities in order to enhance the understanding of both as theoretical paradigms, as public policy frameworks and as approaches to development. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Diane Elson is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex, UK. She has been Visiting Professor at Carleton, Ruhr and Rutgers Universities. She is a former Vice-President of the International Association for Feminist Economics, and has published widely on gender and development.

Sakiko Fukuda-Parr is Professor of International Affairs at The New School in New York, USA. She was Director of UNDP Human Development Reports 1995-2004 and has published widely on human development and human rights.

Polly Vizard is Research Fellow at the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE), London School of Economics, UK. Her research interests include poverty, equality and inequality, human rights and the capability approach. Her recent work includes commissioned research for the British Equality and Human Rights Commission, and research on public attitudes towards rights.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1138814520
• ISBN 13: 9781138814523
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 232
• Éditeur: Elson Diane
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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