Critical issues in human rights and development / edited by Stephen Marks, Balakrishnan Rajagopal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Rajagopal, Balakrishnan, editor.

Marks, Stephen P., 1943- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Social aspects.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (452 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, England : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, [2021]

Summary:

This collection addresses human rights and development for researchers, policymakers and activists at a time of major challenges. 'Critical issues' in the title signifies both the urgency of the issues and the need for critical rethinking. After exploring the overarching issues of development and economic theory, gender, climate change and disability, the book focuses on issues of technology and trade, education and information, water and sanitation, and work, health, housing and food.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

List of contributors

Acknowledgements

General introduction and overview to Critical Issues in Human Rights and Development

PART I The intersecting paradigms of human rights and development

1. Development theories, old and new and their implications for human rights

2. Economics and human rights perspectives on development: tensions and compatibilities

3. Gender in development

4. Climate change, development and human rights

5. A human rights perspective on disability-inclusive development

PART II Critical social issues of development from a human rights perspective

6. Transfer of technology and access to scientific knowledge and applications

7. Education rights as part of rights-based development

8. Water and sanitation

9. Health priorities for sustainable development

10. The human right to adequate housing and land: guaranteeing the dignity to dwell

11. Food and nutrition

12. Right to information

13. Work and conditions of work

PART III Operationalizing human rights in development

14. Trade, development and human rights

15. Accountability and human rights

16. The past and future of the right to development

17. Human rights indicators in development: definitions, relevance and current trends

18. Human rights and the 2030 development agenda

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Marks, Stephen P. Critical Issues in Human Rights and Development

ISBN:

1-78100-597-4