Human rights and structural adjustment / M. Rodwan Abouharb and David Cingranelli.

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Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
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Physical Description:xiv, 276 p. :; ill.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. The argument. 1. Structural adjustment programs undermine human rights
  • 2. Respect for human rights promotes development
  • 3. Theoretical linkages between structural adjustment and repression
  • pt. II. Estimating the human rights effects of structural adjustment. 4. Methods
  • 5. Determinants of structural adjustment lending
  • pt. III. Findings. 6. Economic and social rights
  • 7. Civil conflict : demonstrations, riots, and rebellion
  • 8. Torture, murder, disappearance and political imprisonment
  • 9. Worker rights
  • 10. Democracy
  • pt. IV. Conclusion. 11. A rights-based approach to development.