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Human rights, power and civic action : comparative analyses of struggles for rights in developing societies /

"Human Rights, Power and Civic Action examines the interrelationship between struggles for human rights and the dynamics of power, focusing on situations of poverty and oppression in developing countries. It is argued that the concept of power is a relatively neglected one in the study of right...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Andreassen, Bård-Anders, Crawford, Gordon, 1952-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Milton Park Abingdon Oxon : Routledge, 2013.
Collection:Routledge research in human rights ; 5.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Human rights, power and civic action: theoretical considerations; 2 Rights claiming and rights making in Zimbabwe: a study of three human rights NGOs; 3 Kenya: civic action from confrontation to collaboration?; 4 Ghana: struggles for rights in a democratizing context; 5 South Africa: from struggle to idealism and back again; 6 China: NGOs and human rights in action; 7 Cambodia: civil society, power and stalled democracy; 8 Power, human rights and civic action: conclusions; Index.