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Title:

The millennium development goals and human rights : past, present and future / edited by Malcolm Langford, University of Oslo, Andy Sumner, King's College London, Alicia Ely Yamin, Harvard University.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

x, 564 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Human rights--Economic aspects.
Civil rights.
Economic development.
Globalization.
International cooperation.
Poverty.
Civil rights.
Economic development.
Globalization.
Human rights--Economic aspects.
International cooperation.
Poverty.
Armut.
Globalisierung.
Grundrecht.
Internationale Kooperation.
Menschenrecht.
Wirtschaftsentwicklung.

Other Authors:

Langford, Malcolm, editor of compilation.
Sumner, Andrew, 1973- editor of compilation.
Yamin, Alicia Ely, editor of compilation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : International cooperation, MDG 8, and human rights / Mac Darrow Andy Sumner, Alicia Ely Yamin -- PERSPECTIVES: Goals and rights : working together? / James W. Nickel -- The limits of the MDGs' design : six caveats for human rights / Jan Vandemoortele -- Master or servant? : development goals and human rights / Mac Darrow -- The political within the de-politicised : poverty measurement and implicit agendas in the MDGs / Andrew M. Fischer -- The economics of human rights and MDGs / Milan Brahmbhatt, Otaviano Canuto -- International development actors and human rights / Siobhán McInerney-Lankford -- SYNERGIES AND CONFLICTS IN DIFFERENT GOALS: Poverty, hunger, and cosmetic progress / Thomas Pogge -- Sexual and reproductive health, rights, and MDG 5 : taking stock , looking forward / Alicia Ely Yamin -- The struggle against HIV/AIDS : rights, economics, and global responsibility / Gorik Ooms, Rachel Hammonds, Gregg Gonsalves -- Education and HIV/AIDS : disability rights and inclusive development / Michael Ashley Stein, Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, Janet E. Lord -- 'Slum' upgrading or 'slum' eradication? : the mixed message of the MDGs / Marie Huchzermeyer -- International cooperation, MDG 8, and human rights / Aldo Caliari, Mac Darrow
Back to the future : reconciling paradigms or development as usual? / What issues will (re)define the post-2015 debate? / Andy Sumner. Meera Tiwari -- Beyond the romantic violence of the MDGs : development, aid, and human rights / Charles Gore -- Integrating human rights and equality : a development agenda for the future / Dan Seymour -- Global norms and national politics : the case of social protection / Armando Barrientos, David Hulme -- Monitoring MDGs : a human rights critique and alternative / Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Joshua Greenstein -- Rethinking the metrics of progress : the case of water and sanitation / Malcolm Langford -- Goals, rights, and political economy : daring to break out of the liberal ideological box! / Fantu Cheru -- Civil and political rights and the post-2015 agenda : once more unto the breach / Malcolm Langford -- CONCLUDING PERSPECTIVE: Back to the future : reconciling paradigms or development as usual? / Malcolm Langford, Alicia Ely Yamin, Andy Sumner.

ISBN:

1107031915 (hbk.)
9781107031913 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)827852524

LCCN:

2013004251

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)