Human Rights and Development

by Peter Uvin

* Links development and human rights theory with practice
* Written by an award-winning author and expert in the human rights and development fields
* Highly readable, passionate, and powerfully argued

In Human Rights and Development , award-winning author Peter Uvin extends the examination of development aid and human rights violations that he presented in his book on the Rwandan genocide, Aiding Violence. Whereas that book is diagnostic, Human Rights and Development is prescriptive—a response to requests from development and human rights organizations to help them effect strategies for reducing conflict and improving human rights outcomes.

By advocating a rights-based approach to development, Uvin shows how practitioners can surmount the tough ethical and human rights obstacles encountered in their endeavors. But Human Rights and Development is much more than a "how to" book for practitioners. It is also a major scholar’s profound, passionate, and clearly written analysis of the need to effect principled social change throughout the global arena that solidifies rather than fragments our common humanity.

256 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2004

Reviews

[Maggie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really solid introductory text to anyone interested in the human rights based approach to development, civil/political vs. economic/social/cultural rights, or any human rights practitioner wanting to reexamine traditional human rights practice.

[Anya's Chapter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Na početku okej i koridna posle sasvim teoretska

[Jared Donis · Rating 4 out of 5]

At first was a bit complex and too packed with concepts to understand easily. I kept on reading and the last chapters were rewarding. Anyone who's interested to explore human rights and its link with development or vice versa should start with this book.

[Erin]

pg. 70