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UNINA9910452857403321 |
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Titolo |
Human rights, power and civic action : comparative analyses of struggles for rights in developing societies / / edited by Bard A. Andreassen and Gordon Crawford |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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0-203-52582-5 |
1-299-48086-1 |
1-134-12110-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (276 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge research in human rights ; ; 5 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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AndreassenBard-Anders |
CrawfordGordon <1952-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Human rights - Developing countries |
Power (Social sciences) - Developing countries |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Human rights, power and civic action: theoretical considerations; 2 Rights claiming and rights making in Zimbabwe: a study of three human rights NGOs; 3 Kenya: civic action from confrontation to collaboration?; 4 Ghana: struggles for rights in a democratizing context; 5 South Africa: from struggle to idealism and back again; 6 China: NGOs and human rights in action; 7 Cambodia: civil society, power and stalled democracy; 8 Power, human rights and civic action: conclusions; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Human Rights, Power and Civic Action examines the interrelationship between struggles for human rights and the dynamics of power, focusing on situations of poverty and oppression in developing countries. It is argued that the concept of power is a relatively neglected one in the study of rights-based approaches to development, especially the ways in which structures and relations of power can limit human rights advocacy. Therefore this book focuses on how local and national struggles for rights have been constrained by power relations |
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