Critical Issues in Human Rights and Development

Author:   Stephen P. Marks ,  Balakrishnan Rajagopal
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
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Pages:   456
Publication Date:   09 November 2021
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Author:   Stephen P. Marks ,  Balakrishnan Rajagopal
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781781005965


ISBN 10:   1781005966
Pages:   456
Publication Date:   09 November 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Contents: General introduction and overview to Critical Issues in Human Rights and Development 1 PART I THE INTERSECTING PARADIGMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT 1 Development theories, old and new and their implications for human rights 10 Balakrishnan Rajagopal 2 Economics and human rights perspectives on development: tensions and compatibilities 21 Stephen P. Marks and Ajay Mahal 3 Gender in development 46 Celestine Nyamu Musembi 4 Climate change, development and human rights 66 Stephen Humphreys 5 A human rights perspective on disability-inclusive development 86 Michael Ashley Stein and Janet E. Lord PART II CRITICAL SOCIAL ISSUES OF DEVELOPMENT FROM A HUMAN RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE 6 Transfer of technology and access to scientific knowledge and applications 108 Calestous Juma 7 Education rights as part of rights-based development 130 David Archer 8 Water and sanitation 152 Sharmila L. Murthy 9 Health priorities for sustainable development 186 Lisa E. Sachs and Jeffrey D. Sachs 10 The human right to adequate housing and land: guaranteeing the dignity to dwell 213 Miloon Kothari 11 Food and nutrition 239 Deborah Hines 12 Right to information 261 Aruna Roy and Suchi Pande 13 Work and conditions of work 282 Gerald B. Rodgers PART III OPERATIONALIZING HUMAN RIGHTS IN DEVELOPMENT 14 Trade, development and human rights 301 Gillian Moon 15 Accountability and human rights 331 Varun Gauri 16 The past and future of the right to development 347 Stephen P. Marks and Rajeev Malhotra 17 Human rights indicators in development: definitions, relevance and current trends 368 Siobhán McInerney-Lankford and Hans-Otto Sano 18 Human rights and the 2030 development agenda 395 Paul Nelson Index

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Edited by Stephen P. Marks, François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights and Director, Program on Human Rights in Development, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University and Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Professor of Law and Development, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing and Director, Displacement Research and Action Network, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US

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