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Human Rights and Structural Adjustment.

Critique of the effect of World Bank and IMF structural adjustment agreements on developing countries.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Abouharb, M. Rodwan
Otros Autores: Cingranelli, David L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
©2007
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Part I The argument; 1 Structural adjustment programs undermine human rights; 2 Respect for human rights promotes economic development; 3 Theoretical linkages between structural adjustment and repression; Part II Estimating the human rights effects of structural adjustment; 4 Methods; 5 Determinants of structural adjustment lending; Part III Findings; 6 Economic and social rights; 7 Civil conflict: demonstrations, riots, and rebellion; 8 Torture, murder, disappearance, and political imprisonment.