Development and rights : negotiating justice in changing societies

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Development and rights : negotiating justice in changing societies

edited by Christian Lund

Frank Cass, 1999

  • :cloth
  • : pbk

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Special issue on 'Development and rights: Negotiating justice in changing societies' of the European journal of development research, vol. 10/2, October 1998

"In association with the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), Geneva."

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Volume

:cloth ISBN 9780714649412

Description

This collection of essays hand explores a major undercurrent of the debate on rights, namely the question of universalism and cultural relativism. It also explores how rights are claimed and contested, vindicated and politicized and, in different ways, transform social practice.

Table of Contents

  • Development and rights - tempering universalism and relativism, Christian Lund
  • on universal morality and the morality of universalism, Zygmunt Bauman
  • universal rights and the historical context, Per Bauhn
  • changing African land tenure - reflections on the incapacities of the state, Sally Falk Moore
  • politics and struggles for access to land - "grants from above" and "squatters" in coastal Kenya, Karuti Kanyinga
  • past wrongs and gender rights - issues and conflicts in South Africa's land reform, Susie Jacobs
  • women's human rights and African customary laws - between universalism and relativism - individualism and communitarianism, Anne Hellum
  • the interplay between collective rights and obligations and individual rights, Rie Odgaard, Agnette Weiss Bentzon
  • governance as multilateral development bank policy - the cases of the African Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780714680026

Description

This collection of essays hand explores a major undercurrent of the debate on rights, namely the question of universalism and cultural relativism. It also explores how rights are claimed and contested, vindicated and politicized and, in different ways, transform social practice.

Table of Contents

  • Chapter 1 Development and Rights: Tempering Universalism and Relativism, Christian Lund
  • Chapter 2 On Universal Morality and the Morality of Universalism, Zygmunt Bauman
  • Chapter 3 Universal Rights and the Historical Context, Per Bauhn
  • Chapter 4 Changing African Land Tenure: Reflections on the Incapacities of the State, Sally Falk Moore
  • Chapter 5 Politics and Struggles for Access to Land: 'Grants from Above' and 'Squatters' in Coastal Kenya, Karuti Kanyinga
  • Chapter 6 Past Wrongs and Gender Rights: Issues and Conflicts in South Africa's Land Reform, Susie Jacobs
  • Chapter 7 Women's Human Rights and African Customary Laws: Between Universalism and Relativism - Individualism and Communitarianism, Anne Hellum
  • Chapter 8 The Interplay between Collective Rights and Obligations and Individual Rights, Rie Odgaard, Agnete Weis Bentzon
  • Chapter 9 Governance as Multilateral Development Bank Policy: The Cases of the African Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank, Morten Boas

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