Ethics in action : the ethical challenges of international human rights nongovernmental organizations / edited by Daniel A. Bell, Jean-Marc Coicaud.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bell, Daniel (Daniel A.), 1964-

Coicaud, Jean-Marc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Non-governmental organizations.

Human rights.

Political ethics.

Physical Description:

xiv, 320 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press : United Nations University, 2007.

Contents:

The pornography of poverty : a cautionary fundraising tale / Bette Plewes and Rieky Stuart

An imperfect process : funding human rights

a case study / Mona Younis

Transformational development as the key to housing rights / Steven Weir

Human rights INGOs, the north-south gap : the challenge of normative and empirical learning / Bonny Ibhawoh

Dilemmas facing NGOs in coalition-occupied Iraq / Lyal S. Sunga

Human rights in action : supporting human rights work in authoritarian countries / Birgit Lindsnaes, Hans-Otto Sano, and Hatla Thelle

Driving without a map : implementing legal projects in China aimed at improving human rights / Sophia Woodman

Normative compliance and hard bargaining : INGOs and China's response to international human rights criticism / Sun Zhe

Defending economic, social and cultural rights : practical issues faced by an international human rights organization / Kenneth Roth

Thinking through social and economic rights / Neera Chandhoke

Amnesty International and economic, social and cultural rights / Curt Goering

Moral priorities for international human rights NGOs / Thomas Pogge

The problem of doing good in a world that isn't : reflections on the ethical challenges facing INGOs / Joseph H. Carens

Conclusion: INGOs as collective mobilization of transnational solidarity : implications for human rights work at the United Nations / Jean-Marc Coicaud.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521865662

0521684498

OCLC:

64595877

Publisher Number:

9780521865661

9780521684491

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