The poverty of rights : human rights and the eradication of poverty. - 1a. ed. - London : Zed Books, 2001. - xiv, 209 p. - International Studies in Poverty Research .

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Contenido: Part I Citizenship, democracy and participation: contemporary challenges and new paradigms-- expansion of citizenship and democratic construction, Eduardo S. Bustelo-- human rights - a new paradigm, Patricia Helena Massa Arzabe-- natural history and social history - limits and urgent priorites which condition the exercise of human rights, Juan Antonio Blanco. Part II The vicious circles of poverty: poverty and human rights in the light of the philosophy and contributions of Father Joseph Wresinski, Marco Aurelio Ugarte Ochoa-- the promotion of economic, social and cultural rights as a formula to face poverty - the case of Panama, Maribel Gordon C. Part III Indigenous struggles against poverty: indigenous peoples and mega projects - hydroelectric dams in the land of the Pehuenches in the highlands of the Bio Bio river, Chile, utopias of development and human rights, Claudio Gonzalez-Parra-- human rights, poverty and indigenous peoples' struggles in the Americas - new directions and case studies from Columbia, Guatemala, Mexico and Nicaragua, Camilo Perez-Bustillo-- indeigenous poverty and social mobilization, Luiz Hernandez Navarro. Part IV Solutions from a human rights perspective: poverty and social justice in Latin America - economic and social rights and the material conditions necessary to render them effective, Hector Gros Espiell-- the right to development as a programming tool for development co-operation, Patrick van Weerelt-- the human rights challenge to global poverty, Chris Jochnick-- conclusion - human rights as source of inspiration and instrument for the eradication of extreme poverty - the need for an integrated economic, political and legal approach, Willem van Genugten, Camilo Perez-Bustillo.


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JUSTICIA SOCIAL
PARTICIPACION POLITICA
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