Reinventing Development?: Translating Rights-based Approaches from Theory into Practice

ISBN 10: 1842776495 / ISBN 13: 9781842776490

Published by Zed Books, 2005

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Title: Reinventing Development?: Translating ...

Publisher: Zed Books

Publication Date: 2005

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

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Synopsis:

The recognition that the persistence of poverty is closely linked to the denial of human rights has propelled rights-based approaches into the policy and practice of many development NGOs, UN bodies and aid agencies. This book presents the practical experiences of development practitioners who have tried to apply a rights-based approach in their work. Its aim is to increase understanding of the approach by drawing on bottom-up insights, and to identify what difference a rights-based approach makes in practice. What is the 'value added' of a rights-based approach? What difficulties and tensions arise? The case-studies span development, humanitarian relief and conflict resolution. The book concludes that there is potential not only for human rights to reinvent development, but for development to reinvent human rights.

About the Author:

Paul Gready is a senior lecturer in human rights at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London. His publications include the edited volume Fighting for Human Rights (Routledge, 2004). Jonathan Ensor is a former lecturer in engineering with a doctorate from the University of York who now works for the Immigration Advisory Service.

The contributors are development practitioners and researchers.