Freedom from Poverty : : NGOs and Human Rights Praxis / / Daniel P.L. Chong.
Human 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...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. NGOs and Freedom from Poverty
- 2. A Social Theory of Human Rights
- 3. Human Rights Organizations
- 4. Social Justice Organizations
- 5. Humanitarian Organizations
- 6. Using a Social Theory to Interpret NGO Efforts
- Appendix. NGOs Working for Freedom from Poverty
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowlegments