LEADER 04405nam 2200829Ia 450 001 9910788351003321 005 20211012024045.0 010 $a1-283-89005-4 010 $a0-8122-0160-4 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812201604 035 $a(CKB)3170000000046713 035 $a(OCoLC)793341712 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10576127 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000605875 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11345341 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000605875 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10580126 035 $a(PQKB)10247795 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8343 035 $a(DE-B1597)449012 035 $a(OCoLC)1002255408 035 $a(OCoLC)1004882306 035 $a(OCoLC)1011452951 035 $a(OCoLC)1013938325 035 $a(OCoLC)979580041 035 $a(OCoLC)984688723 035 $a(OCoLC)987940628 035 $a(OCoLC)992533929 035 $a(OCoLC)999361602 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812201604 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441686 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10576127 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL420255 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441686 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000046713 100 $a20091210d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFreedom from poverty$b[electronic resource] $eNGOs and human rights praxis /$fDaniel P.L. Chong 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (231 p.) 225 1 $aPennsylvania studies in human rights 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-8122-4252-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [197]-212) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$t1. NGOs and Freedom from Poverty --$t2. A Social Theory of Human Rights --$t3. Human Rights Organizations --$t4. Social Justice Organizations --$t5. Humanitarian Organizations --$t6. Using a Social Theory to Interpret NGO Efforts --$tAppendix. NGOs Working for Freedom from Poverty --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aHuman rights advocacy in the West is changing. Before the turn of the century, access to goods such as food, housing, and health care-while essential to human survival-were deemed outside of the human rights sphere. Traditional human rights institutions focused on rights in the political arena that could be defended through legal systems. In Freedom from Poverty, Daniel P. L. Chong examines how today's nongovernmental organizations are modifying human rights practices and reshaping the political landscape by taking up the cause of subsistence rights. This book outlines how three types of NGOs-human rights, social justice, and humanitarian organizations-are breaking down barriers by incorporating access to economic and social goods into national laws and advancing subsistence rights through nonjuridical means. These NGOs are using rights not only as legal instruments but as moral and rhetorical implements to build social movements, shape political culture, and guide development work. Rights language is now invoked in churches, political campaigns, rock concerts, and organizational mission statements. Chong presents a social theory of human rights to provide a framework for understanding these changes and defending the legitimacy of these rights. Freedom from Poverty analyzes new trends in the evolution of human rights by combining constructivist and post-positivist legal approaches. This book provides valuable concepts to human rights practitioners, political scientists, antipoverty advocates, and leaders who are serious about ending widespread privation and disease. 410 0$aPennsylvania studies in human rights. 517 3 $aNGOs and human rights praxis 606 $aHuman rights 606 $aNon-governmental organizations 606 $aPoverty 610 $aHuman Rights. 610 $aLaw. 610 $aPolitical Science. 610 $aPublic Policy. 615 0$aHuman rights. 615 0$aNon-governmental organizations. 615 0$aPoverty. 676 $a362.5/57 686 $a86.81$2bcl 700 $aChong$b Daniel P. L$01491235 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788351003321 996 $aFreedom from poverty$93712989 997 $aUNINA