| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 269 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Nijhoff law specials,
0924-4549 ;
v. 88
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Nijhoff law specials ; 88. 0924-4549.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-261) and index. |
| Contents |
The politics of drinking and eating -- The human rights discourse : an overview -- Human rights development : building bridges -- Human rights in democratic politics -- The right to water : foundation, content and scope -- The right to food : origin, content and scope -- The rights to water and food in international and local politics -- The rights to water and food: strategies and lessons from global south. |
| Summary |
In Beyond Parliament Horman Chitonge offers a unique combination of the conceptual dimensions with the practical examples of human rights discourse deployed as an instrument for social change in the global south. He uses the right to water and the right to food to illustrate that human rights are never given on a silver platter; giving effect to human rights is always an outcome of a continuous struggle to protect human dignity and value. To implement this view of human rights, the book argues, requires going beyond the parliamentary politics of recognising and acknowledging human rights in statutes and bill of rights to the radical democratic politics of giving effect to the recognised rights, especially among the poor and marginalised. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Right to food -- Developing countries.
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Right to food. |
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Developing countries. |
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Right to water -- Developing countries.
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Right to water. |
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Basic needs -- Law and legislation -- Developing countries.
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Basic needs -- Law and legislation. |
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Human rights -- Social aspects -- Developing countries.
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Human rights -- Social aspects. |
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Human rights. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Human rights. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Chitonge, Horman. Beyond parliament. 9789004226203 9004226206 (DLC) 2015025378 (OCoLC)912045452 |
| ISBN |
9789004226203 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004226206 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9789004299559 (electronic book) |
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9004299556 |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/9789004299559 |
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