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Freedom from Poverty : NGOs and Human Rights Praxis.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights SeriesPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (233 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780812201604
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Freedom from PovertyDDC classification:
  • 362.5/57
LOC classification:
  • JC571 -- .C5535 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. NGOs and Freedom from Poverty -- Chapter 2. A Social Theory of Human Rights -- Chapter 3. Human Rights Organizations -- Chapter 4. Social Justice Organizations -- Chapter 5. Humanitarian Organizations -- Chapter 6. Using a Social Theory to Interpret NGO Efforts -- Appendix: NGOs Working for Freedom from Poverty -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Summary: Freedom from Poverty examines how today's non-governmental organizations are modifying human rights practices and reshaping the political landscape by taking up the cause of subsistence rights. Rights are being used as legal, moral, and political tools in the struggle to provide food, housing, and healthcare to those in need.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. NGOs and Freedom from Poverty -- Chapter 2. A Social Theory of Human Rights -- Chapter 3. Human Rights Organizations -- Chapter 4. Social Justice Organizations -- Chapter 5. Humanitarian Organizations -- Chapter 6. Using a Social Theory to Interpret NGO Efforts -- Appendix: NGOs Working for Freedom from Poverty -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.

Freedom from Poverty examines how today's non-governmental organizations are modifying human rights practices and reshaping the political landscape by taking up the cause of subsistence rights. Rights are being used as legal, moral, and political tools in the struggle to provide food, housing, and healthcare to those in need.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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