Human Rights from Below

Achieving Rights through Community Development

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Social Science
Cover of the book Human Rights from Below by Jim Ife, Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Jim Ife ISBN: 9780511849527
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: November 12, 2009
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Jim Ife
ISBN: 9780511849527
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: November 12, 2009
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

In Human Rights from Below, Jim Ife shows how human rights and community development are problematic terms but powerful ideals, and that each is essential for understanding and practising the other. Ife contests that practitioners - advocates, activists, workers and volunteers - can better empower and protect communities when human rights are treated as more than just a specialist branch of law or international relations, and that human rights can be better realised when community development principles are applied. The book offers a long overdue assessment of how human rights and community development are invariably interconnected. It highlights how critical it is to understand the two as a basis for thinking about and taking action to address the serious challenges facing the world in the twenty-first century. Written both for students and for community development and human rights workers, Human Rights from Below brings together the important fields of human rights and community development, to enrich our thinking of both.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

In Human Rights from Below, Jim Ife shows how human rights and community development are problematic terms but powerful ideals, and that each is essential for understanding and practising the other. Ife contests that practitioners - advocates, activists, workers and volunteers - can better empower and protect communities when human rights are treated as more than just a specialist branch of law or international relations, and that human rights can be better realised when community development principles are applied. The book offers a long overdue assessment of how human rights and community development are invariably interconnected. It highlights how critical it is to understand the two as a basis for thinking about and taking action to address the serious challenges facing the world in the twenty-first century. Written both for students and for community development and human rights workers, Human Rights from Below brings together the important fields of human rights and community development, to enrich our thinking of both.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book Deontic Logic and Legal Systems by Jim Ife
Cover of the book The Ethics of Influence by Jim Ife
Cover of the book The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus by Jim Ife
Cover of the book Tested by Zion by Jim Ife
Cover of the book Violence in Psychiatry by Jim Ife
Cover of the book China, India and the International Economic Order by Jim Ife
Cover of the book Time Series Analysis for the Social Sciences by Jim Ife
Cover of the book Deliberative Democracy between Theory and Practice by Jim Ife
Cover of the book Nationality and Statelessness under International Law by Jim Ife
Cover of the book Theoretical Foundations of Law and Economics by Jim Ife
Cover of the book The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change by Jim Ife
Cover of the book Natural Enemies by Jim Ife
Cover of the book Dynamics of Particles and Rigid Bodies by Jim Ife
Cover of the book The Cambridge Companion to George Eliot by Jim Ife
Cover of the book A History of American Working-Class Literature by Jim Ife
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy