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Author Abouharb, M. Rodwan.

Title Human rights and structural adjustment [electronic resource] / M. Rodwan Abouharb and David Cingranelli.

Imprint Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

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Description xiv, 276 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 240-267) and indexes.
Contents pt. I. The argument. 1. Structural adjustment programs undermine human rights -- 2. Respect for human rights promotes development -- 3. Theoretical linkages between structural adjustment and repression --pt. II. Estimating the human rights effects of structural adjustment. 4. Methods -- 5. Determinants of structural adjustment lending --pt. III. Findings. 6. Economic and social rights -- 7. Civil conflict : demonstrations, riots, and rebellion -- 8. Torture, murder, disappearance and political imprisonment -- 9. Worker rights -- 10. Democracy -- pt. IV. Conclusion. 11. A rights-based approach to development.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Human rights -- Developing countries.
Structural adjustment (Economic policy)
Structural adjustment (Economic policy) -- Social aspects.
Economic development -- Developing countries.
Economic assistance -- Developing countries.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Cingranelli, David L.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780521859332 (hdbk.)
0521859336 (hdbk.)
9780521676717 (pbk.)
0521676711 (pbk.)

 
    
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