Development and Rights
Edited by Deborah Eade and introduced by Firoze Manji
The fiftieth anniversary of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights prompts a re-examination of the links between 'development' and the range of economic, social, political, and cultural rights that are enshrined within it. Chronic poverty is a flagrant denial of what the international community once hailed as the basic rights and fundamental freedoms on which our humanity and security must rest. The papers in this collection consider, among other entitlements, the right to food, adequate housing, safe employment, protection from sexual assault, and popular involvement in the political processes that shape the lives of poor communities.
© Oxfam GB 1998.
ISBN 0 85598 406 6
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‘Firoze Manji’s introductory essay and the 12 wide-ranging articles in the body of this volume have the effect of grabbing the international development community and its well-intentioned supporters by the lapels and giving them all a vigorous shaking. Hard-hitting and stimulating.’
- Worldviews