Critical Issues in Human Rights and Development

AvStephen P. Marks,Balakrishnan Rajagopal

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

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.The chapters then examine how to operationalize human rights in development through accountability, the right to development, indicators and the Sustainable Development Goals. The conclusion proposes international standards and social mobilization for human rights and sustainable development as normative and policy-oriented tools for addressing the climate emergency, the coronavirus pandemic, social inequality, racial injustice, and the rise of populist authoritarianism and for advancing social justice and the equal value of all human beings.This book is of interest to students of development and human rights studies, international relations, international law and contemporary social issues, as well as professionals working at government, intergovernmental and civil society organizations dealing with these issues.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-11-09
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781781005965

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Referensverk och tvärvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Folkrätt inom Juridik

Mer om författaren

Edited by Stephen P. Marks, François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights and Director, Program on Human Rights in Development, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University and Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Professor of Law and Development, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing and Director, Displacement Research and Action Network, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US

Innehållsförteckning

Contents:General introduction and overview to Critical Issues in HumanRights and Development 1PART I THE INTERSECTING PARADIGMS OFHUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT1 Development theories, old and new and their implicationsfor human rights 10Balakrishnan Rajagopal2 Economics and human rights perspectives on development:tensions and compatibilities 21Stephen P. Marks and Ajay Mahal3 Gender in development 46Celestine Nyamu Musembi4 Climate change, development and human rights 66Stephen Humphreys5 A human rights perspective on disability-inclusive development 86Michael Ashley Stein and Janet E. LordPART II CRITICAL SOCIAL ISSUES OFDEVELOPMENT FROM A HUMAN RIGHTSPERSPECTIVE6 Transfer of technology and access to scientific knowledgeand applications 108Calestous Juma7 Education rights as part of rights-based development 130David Archer8 Water and sanitation 152Sharmila L. Murthy9 Health priorities for sustainable development 186Lisa E. Sachs and Jeffrey D. Sachs10 The human right to adequate housing and land:guaranteeing the dignity to dwell 213Miloon Kothari11 Food and nutrition 239Deborah Hines12 Right to information 261Aruna Roy and Suchi Pande13 Work and conditions of work 282Gerald B. RodgersPART III OPERATIONALIZING HUMAN RIGHTS INDEVELOPMENT14 Trade, development and human rights 301Gillian Moon15 Accountability and human rights 331Varun Gauri16 The past and future of the right to development 347Stephen P. Marks and Rajeev Malhotra17 Human rights indicators in development: definitions,relevance and current trends 368Siobhán McInerney-Lankford and Hans-Otto Sano18 Human rights and the 2030 development agenda 395Paul NelsonIndex