Freedom from poverty as a human right : who owes what to the very poor? / edited by Thomas Pogge.

Other author Pogge, Thomas, 1953-
Other author Unesco.
Format Book
Edition1st pub.
Publication InfoParis : United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Descriptionxiii, 406 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
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Subjects

Contents Severe poverty as a human rights violation / Thomas Pogge -- Poverty as a violation of human rights : inhumanity or injustice? / Tom Campbell -- The moral reality of human rights / John Tasioulas -- Inequality and poverty in global perspective / Álvaro de Vita -- Poverty as a form of oppression / Marc Fleurbaey -- Neglected injustice : poverty as a violation of social autonomy / Regina Kreide -- The duties imposed by the human right to basic necessities / Elizabeth Ashford -- Duties to fulfill the human rights of the poor / Alan Gewirth -- Extreme poverty in a wealthy world : what justice demands today / Marcelo Alegre -- Responsibility and severe poverty / Leif Wenar -- Global poverty and human rights : the case for positive duties / Simon Caney -- The right to basic resources / Stéphane Chauvier -- Poverty eradication and human rights / Arjun Sengupta -- Enforcing economic and social human rights / Osvaldo Guariglia -- The right to resistance in situations of severe deprivation / Roberto Gargarella.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [375]-390) and index.
LCCN 2006103197
ISBN9789231040337 (UNESCO)
ISBN9231040332 (UNESCO)
ISBN9780199226313 (Oxford : hbk.)
ISBN0199226318 (Oxford : hbk.)
ISBN9780199226184 (Oxford : pbk.)
ISBN0199226180 (Oxford : pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks HC79.P6 F74 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold