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Synopsis
Development and Human Rights examines how United Nations agencies are following a "rights based approach to development" in India. It asks two questions: how (if at all) does the implementation of a rights based approach differ from traditional development work? And what strategies do development agencies follow to overcome local opposition to this politically controversial strategy? Integrating human rights into the development process means that
development agencies can be vitally important instruments in rights protection and promotion, which has been overlooked in almost all existing literature on human rights. This book, then, presents the first full-length study of how these agencies evaluate the rights situation in a single country, and the first study to
look at both the good and the bad in a rights based approach. It begins with a description of what a rights based approach is, and an examination of the human rights challenges faced in India. It then focuses on the work of five agencies: UNICEF, the UN Development Programme, the World Bank, the UN Fund for Population Activities, and UN Women. Chapters then summarize how the UN navigates this difficult political terrain, and how effectively these policies are being implemented. It also
considers how rights based approaches fit in the traditional discourse on human rights, and what it says about the ability of these agencies to initiate meaningful change on state behavior in the rights arena. New & Used
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What Reviewers Are Saying
"A must-read book for human rights proponents, governments or civil society, especially for its positive but frequently misunderstood message. In countries where advocacy for human rights is politically sensitive, real progress can still be made not by public confrontation but indirectly by promoting rights-based development programs. In this original and carefully documented study, Joel Oestreich shows where and how this indirect approach has avoided
government opposition, delivered on the specifics, and yet, in doing so, has mobilized community awareness of their rights and stimulated further community action."
--Sir Richard Jolly, Honorary Professor Institute of Development Studies Sussex, and former deputy executive director of UNICEF, 1982-1995
"Oestreich's analysis of UN advocacy and implementation of first and second generation rights in the world's biggest democracy breaks new ground in demonstrating why multilateralism matters. As the book's subtitle makes clear, UN officials can make a difference to the quality of human life in reality, not merely in rhetoric."
--Thomas G. Weiss, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York
"Development and Human Rights solidifies Oestreich's reputation as a leader in the deep study of international organizations. This important contribution to the analysis of international organizations beyond the global level carefully illustrates how international organizations act intrusively in, and independently of, states, while simultaneously navigating resistance within states. It demonstrates the necessity - and difficulty - of maintaining a
connection between economic, social and cultural rights and civil and political rights to further transformative development."
--Kurt Mills, Senior Lecturer in International Human Rights, University of Glasgow
government opposition, delivered on the specifics, and yet, in doing so, has mobilized community awareness of their rights and stimulated further community action."
--Sir Richard Jolly, Honorary Professor Institute of Development Studies Sussex, and former deputy executive director of UNICEF, 1982-1995
"Oestreich's analysis of UN advocacy and implementati
--Thomas G. Weiss, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York
"Development and Human Rights solidifies Oestreich's reputation as a leader in the deep study of internationa
connection between economic, social and cultural rights and civil and political rights to further transformati
--Kurt Mills, Senior Lecturer in Internationa