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Human rights from community : a rights-based approach to development /
Poverty, exclusion and lack of participation are symptomatic of state and market-based approaches to human rights. Oche Onazi uses Nigeria as a case study to show how the idea of community is a better alternative, capable of inspiring the poor and the vulnerable to organise themselves democratically...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Studies in global justice and human rights.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Poverty, exclusion and lack of participation are symptomatic of state and market-based approaches to human rights. Oche Onazi uses Nigeria as a case study to show how the idea of community is a better alternative, capable of inspiring the poor and the vulnerable to organise themselves democratically and claim ownership of the processes that determine their human rights. Key Features. Shows how human rights can be better disposed to all the ramifications of development Considers both the strengths and limitations of human rights Promotes the role of community within human rights discourse Shows how the interaction between community and human rights can offer more responsive solutions to problems such as access to electricity |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 242 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-232) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1299735754 9781299735750 9780748654680 0748654682 0748693874 9780748693870 |