Freedom from Poverty: NGOs and Human Rights PRAXIS

by Daniel P.L. Chong

Human rights advocacy in the West is changing. Before the turn of the century, access to goods such as food, housing, and health care--while essential to human survival--were deemed outside of the human rights sphere. Traditional human rights institutions focused on rights in the political arena that could be defended through legal systems.

In Freedom from Poverty, Daniel P. L. Chong examines how today's nongovernmental organizations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812242521
• ISBN13: 9780812242522
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"