Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Overview; The Human Rights Framework for Development: Seven Approaches; On the Theory and Practice of the Right to Development; An Essay on the Human Rights Approach to Development; Right to Development: Where Are We Today?; The Right to Development in Sri Lanka; Public Action as Participatory Development: The Kerala Experience Re-interpreted; Poverty and Inequality in India: A Re-examination; The Right to Development and International Economic Regimes; Rights in the Social Choice Theoretic Framework: An Overview and Critical Appraisal. The Right to Development and Human Rights: A Social Choice Approach to Implementation and MeasurementAbout the Editors and Contributors; Index.
This important contribution to the understanding of the Right to Development (RTD) presents it as a viable alternative to existing approaches to development.The essays in this volume are grouped into three sections.