Human Rights from Community: A Rights-Based Approach to Development

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Main Author: Onazi, Oche (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2022]
Series:Studies in Global Justice and Human Rights : SGJHR
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Online Access:DE-1046
DE-1043
DE-858
DE-859
DE-860
DE-739
DE-473
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Summary:How community can inspire poor and vulnerable individuals to realise their human rightsGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748654673','ISBN:9780748654680','ISBN:9780748654703']);Poverty, exclusion and lack of participation are symptomatic of state and market-based approaches to human rights. Oche Onazi uses Nigeria as a case study to show how the idea of community is a better alternative, capable of inspiring the poor and the vulnerable to organise themselves democratically and claim ownership of the processes that determine their human rights.Key FeaturesShows how human rights can be better disposed to all the ramifications of developmentConsiders both the strengths and limitations of human rightsPromotes the role of community within human rights discourseShows how the interaction between community and human rights can offer more responsive solutions to problems such as access to electricity
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (256 pages)
ISBN:9780748654680
DOI:10.1515/9780748654680

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