Rights, resources and the politics of accountability.

Contenido: Rights, resources and the politics of accountability: an introduction / Peter Newell and Joanna Wheeler -- Taking accountability into account: the debate so far / Peter Newell -- Part 1: Rights and resources. Overview: the political economy of resources and the cultural politics of rights: challenges for accountability / Peter Newell and Joanna Wheeler -- Do human rights make a difference to poor and vulnerable people? Accountability for the right to water in South Africa / Lyla Mehta -- Managing watersheds and the right to water: indigenous communities in search of accountability and inclusion in Southern Veracruz / Luisa Pare and Carlos Robles -- Conflicting rights, environmental agendas, and the challenges of accountability: social mobilisation and protected natural areas in Mexico / Luisa Pare and Carlos Cortez -- From protest to proactive action: building institutional accountability through struggles for the right to housing / Celestine Nyamu -- Rights to health and struggles for accountability in a Brazilian municipal health council / Andrea Cornwall, Silvia Cordeiro and Nelson Giordano Delgado -- Part 2: Investor accountabilities. Overview: Rights, resources, and investor accountability / Peter Newell and Joanna Wheeler -- Corporate accountability and citizen action: Cases from India / Peter Newell with Vaijanyanta Anand, Hasrat Arjjumend, Harsh Jaitli, Sampath Kumar and A.B.S.V. Ranga Rao -- Environmental injustice, law and accountability / Rohit Lekhi and Peter Newell Oil and accountability issues in the Niger Delta / Oga Steve Abah and Jenks Zakari Okwori -- Compliance versus accountability: Struggles for dignity and daily bread in the Bangladesh garment industry / Simeen Mahmud and Naila Kabeer -- Accountability begins at home: The living wage movement in the United States / Stephanie Luce..