Reinventing development? : translating rights-based approaches from theory into practice / Paul Gready and Jonathan Ensor, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gready, Paul.

Ensor, Jonathan, 1974-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanitarian assistance.

Technical assistance.

Peace-building.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

314 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Summary:

Recognition of the fundamental links between the denial of rights and the persistence of poverty has propelled rights-based approaches into the policy and practice of many development NGOs, UN bodies and donors. In Reinventing Development? development practitioners with experience of applying a rights-based approach seek to identify its contribution to delivery and effectiveness. Addressing the range of development areas influenced by this approach, the book spans development, humanitarian relief and conflict resolution. It also examines contemporary challenges to its implementation, including the politicization of aid and the 'war on terror', neo-liberal economic policies, and the clash between universal human rights standards and specific cultural norms.

Reinventing Development? is a valuable pulling together of current field experience and contains reflections on the many issues raised by the new rights-based approach to development.

Contents:

1 Case studies: Africa

1 A human rights-based approach to programming / Urban Jonsson 47

2 The experiences of Oxfam International and its affiliates in rights-based programming and campaigning / Marjolein Brouwer, Heather Grady, Valerie Traore, Dereje Wordofa 63

3 The case of CARE International in Rwanda / Andrew Jones 79

4 Rights in practice - assessing the impact of rights-based training in Uganda / Pamela Ashanut Okille 99

5 Using rights to address conflict - a valuable synergy / Ghalib Galant, Michelle Parlevliet 108

2 Case studies: Latin America, Asia and Europe

6 Combating infant malnutrition - an experience of networking in the social struggle for the human right to food and sustainable nutrition / Marta Antunes, Jorge O. Romano 131

7 Rights, development and democracy: a perspective from India / Supriya Akerkar 144

8 Children's participation, civil rights and power / Joachim Theis, Claire O'Kane 156

9 Reforms that benefit poor people - practical solutions and dilemmas of rights-based approaches to legal and justice reform / Amparo Tomas 171

10 New foundations? Human rights and peace-building in Northern Ireland / Neil Jarman 185

3 Current challenges

11 Rights-based responses to aid politicization in Afghanistan / Paul O'Brien 201

12 Rights as struggle - towards a more just and humane world / Harsh Mander 233

13 Linking rights and culture - implications for rights-based approaches / Jonathan Ensor 254.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1842776487

1842776495

OCLC:

59360264