Human Rights and Development

Acknowledgments ix Abbreviations and Acronyms xi Introduction 1(8) PART I SOME DEBATES OF RELEVANCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONER Background 9(8) The Big Picture 9(4) The Human Rights Debates 13(4) The Legal Challenges 17(30) The Charge of Eurocentrism 17(21) The Contested Nature of Second- and Third-Generation Rights 38(9) PART II HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE PRACTICE OF DEVELOPMENT The Basics 47(9) Rhetorical Incorporation 50(6) Political Conditionality 56(27) History of Conditionality 57(2) Difficulties 59(10) Beyond Aid Conditionality 69(7) Conclusion 76(7) Positive Support 83(39) The Practice of Positive Support 85(3) The Tools of Positive Support 88(22) Does Positive Support---If Not All Aid---Undermine Governance by Definition? 110(8) Conclusion 118(1) Post-Script: The Issue of Coherence 119(3) A Rights-Based Approach to Development 122(45) Vision 129(8) Process 137(2) Some Practical Implications of a Rights-Based Approach to Development 139(27) Conclusion 166(1) Final Synthesis and Questions 167(36) A Synthesis of the Arguments 168(10) A Step Back: Big Trends and Questions 178(6) Choices Among Rights 184(11) A Fear: Is This Agenda Too Interventionist? 195(8) Notes 203(8) Bibliography 211(16) Index 227(14) About the Author 241