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Human rights and structural adjustment / M. Rodwan Abouharb and David Cingranelli.
Van Pelt Library JC599.D44 A26 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abouharb, M. Rodwan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human rights--Developing countries.
- Human rights.
- Structural adjustment (Economic policy)--Social aspects.
- Structural adjustment (Economic policy).
- Developing countries.
- Economic development--Developing countries.
- Economic development.
- Economic assistance--Developing countries.
- Economic assistance.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 276 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- Contents:
- pt. I. The argument. 1. Structural adjustment programs undermine human rights
- 2. Respect for human rights promotes development
- 3. Theoretical linkages between structural adjustment and repression
- pt. II. Estimating the human rights effects of structural adjustment. 4. Methods
- 5. Determinants of structural adjustment lending
- pt. III. Findings. 6. Economic and social rights
- 7. Civil conflict : demonstrations, riots, and rebellion
- 8. Torture, murder, disappearance and political imprisonment
- 9. Worker rights
- 10. Democracy
- pt. IV. Conclusion. 11. A rights-based approach to development.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-267) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780521859332
- 0521859336
- 9780521676717
- 0521676711
- OCLC:
- 150373846
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