Human Rights and Development

International Views

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© 1989

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Editors:

David P. Forsythe (Professor of Political Science)⁰

David P. Forsythe
1. University of Nebraska, USA
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Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xvi

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The Private Sector
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 1-1
  
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2. Women’s Human Rights Groups in Latin America
  
  Mariclaire Acosta
  
  Pages 3-18
3. The Right to Health: Transnational Support for the Philippines
  
  Richard P. Claude
  
  Pages 19-38
4. The World of Work, the Right to Work and Worker Organisations
  
  Ines Vargas
  
  Pages 39-59
5. Human Rights and Trade Unionism in Africa: The Nigerian Experience
  
  Adebayo Okunade
  
  Pages 60-80
6. Education and Human Rights
  
  Kenneth W. Thompson
  
  Pages 81-93
7. The Human Rights Movement in India: Crisis and Challenges
  
  Smitu Kothari
  
  Pages 94-109
8. Human Rights and Development: Reflections on Social Movements in India
  
  Barnett R. Rubin
  
  Pages 110-118
The Public Sector
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 119-119
  
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2. Human Rights and Development: The UN Experience
  
  Theo Van Boven
  
  Pages 121-135
3. The Federal Republic of Germany: Human Rights and Development
  
  Wolfgang S. Heinz
  
  Pages 136-153
4. Human Rights, Development, and Dutch Foreign Policy: the Role of an Advisory Committee
  
  Peter R. Baehr
  
  Pages 154-170
5. US Economic Assistance and Human Rights: Why the Emperor has (almost) no Clothes
  
  David P. Forsythe
  
  Pages 171-195
6. US Foreign Policy, Human Rights and Multilateral Assistance
  
  Michael Stohl, David Carlton, Mark Gibney, Geoffrey Martin
  
  Pages 196-212
7. Human Rights, Development and Foreign Policy
  
  Rhoda E. Howard
  
  Pages 213-234
Country Studies
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 235-235
  
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2. Development, Growth and Human Rights: the Case of Turkey
  
  Adamantia Pollis
  
  Pages 237-262
3. Ethnicity, Politics and Human Rights in the Southern Sudan
  
  K. K. Prah
  
  Pages 263-278
4. Protecting Civil and Political Rights in India: Mrs Gandhi’s Emergency and Thereafter
  
  Kunja Medhi
  
  Pages 279-291

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About this book

This collection of papers presents an argument in support of action for human rights in the Third World, emphasizing not economic or historical determinism but rather the importance of political choice by elites in deciding which rights to violate or respect.

Editors and Affiliations

University of Nebraska, USA

David P. Forsythe

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Human Rights and Development
Book Subtitle: International Views
Editors: David P. Forsythe
Series Title: International Political Economy Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19967-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: David P. Forsythe 1989
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-45988-1Published: 10 June 1989
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-19967-9Published: 10 June 1989
Series ISSN: 2662-2483
Series E-ISSN: 2662-2491
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 369
Topics: Human Rights, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, International Political Economy

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