The Political Economy of Poverty and Social Transformations of the Global South.

Intro -- Contents -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTE ON CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1 THE MAKING AND REMAKING OF HUMAN RIGHTS: CONTEMPORARY LIMITS AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO THE ERADICATION OF POVERTY, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE GLOBAL SOUTH -- Chapter 2 "I'M GONNA GET MY SHARE OF WHAT'S MINE": NARRATIVES OF POVERTY AND CRIME IN POSTCOLONIAL JAMAICA AND KENYA -- Chapter 3 CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS: A NEW PARADIGM FOR COMBATING POVERTY IN LATIN AMERICA? -- Chapter 4 NEODEVELOPMENTALISM IN ARGENTINA: ITS CONTRADICTIONS, BARRIERS, AND LIMITS TO POVERTY REDUCTION AND SOCIAL CHANGE -- Chapter 5 ALTERNATIVE PATHS OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION IN SUBSAHARIAN AFRICA: A CASE FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMS BY THE POOR -- Chapter 6 SCOPE AND USEFULNESS OF "RIGHT TO INFORMATION" AS ANTI-POVERTY TOOL: THE BANGLADESH EXPERIENCE -- Chapter 7 PERI-URBAN DWELLING AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION IN AFRICA -- Chapter 8 ANALYSIS OF WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS AS DRIVERS OF GENDERED SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION: EXPERIENCES FROM ZIMBABWE -- Chapter 9 CIVIL SOCIETY MOVEMENTS AND RIGHTS DISCOURSE IN POSTAPARTHEID SOCIOECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION -- CONCLUSION.

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