Beyond parliament : human rights and the politics of social change in the global south /

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Author / Creator:Chitonge, Horman.
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill Nijhoff, 2015.
Description:1 online resource (xvii, 269 p.).
Language:English
Series:Nijhoff law specials, 0924-4549 ; v. 88
Nijhoff law specials ; 88. 0924-4549.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11908209
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ISBN:9789004226203
9004226206
9789004299559
9004299556
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-261) and index.
Summary:In Beyond Parliament Horman Chitonge offers a unique combination of the conceptual dimensions with the practical examples of human rights discourse deployed as an instrument for social change in the global south. He uses the right to water and the right to food to illustrate that human rights are never given on a silver platter; giving effect to human rights is always an outcome of a continuous struggle to protect human dignity and value. To implement this view of human rights, the book argues, requires going beyond the parliamentary politics of recognising and acknowledging human rights in statutes and bill of rights to the radical democratic politics of giving effect to the recognised rights, especially among the poor and marginalised.
Other form:Print version: Chitonge, Horman. Beyond parliament. 9789004226203 9004226206
Standard no.:10.1163/9789004299559