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Human rights and structural adjustment
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Human rights and structural adjustment / M. Rodwan Abouharb and David Cingranelli.
ISBN
9780521859332 (hdbk.)
0521859336 (hdbk.)
9780521676717 (pbk.)
0521676711 (pbk.)
Published
Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Physical Description
xiv, 276 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 20, 2008
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-267) and indexes.
Contents
pt. I. The argument. 1. Structural adjustment programs undermine human rights
2. Respect for human rights promotes development
3. Theoretical linkages between structural adjustment and repression
pt. II. Estimating the human rights effects of structural adjustment. 4. Methods
5. Determinants of structural adjustment lending
pt. III. Findings. 6. Economic and social rights
7. Civil conflict : demonstrations, riots, and rebellion
8. Torture, murder, disappearance and political imprisonment
9. Worker rights
10. Democracy
pt. IV. Conclusion. 11. A rights-based approach to development.
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