HUMAN RIGHTS AND CHOICE IN POVERTY by Alan G. Smith ( 9780275958268 )

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Title:

HUMAN RIGHTS AND CHOICE IN POVERTY
FOOD INSECURITY, DEPENDENCY AND HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED DEVELOPMENT AID FOR THE THIRD WORLD RURAL POOR

By:

Alan G. Smith

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0275958264

ISBN 13:

9780275958268

Publisher:

ABC-CLIO

Pub. date:

30 August, 1997

Pages:

192

Description:

This interdisciplinary study applies human rights theory to the problems of rural poverty in the Third World. In contrast to conventional rural development aid, which can introduce new client dependency if pursued alone, it stresses the need to find other forms of aid.

Synopsis:

This interdisciplinary study applies human rights theory to the problems of rural poverty in the Third World. Considering the interdependence of minimal food and health security with minimal assurance of basic freedoms, political scientist Alan G. Smith traces the linkage to the need of the food-insecure to seek clientelistic dependencies on better-off neighbors-relationships that often operate to restrict freedom of choice. In contrast to conventional rural development aid, which can introduce new client dependency if pursued alone, Smith stresses the need to find other forms of aid that would provide the option of assured minimal survival while avoiding the constraints imposed by dependency. Arguing for bolstering bottom-up human rights momentum, he suggests the transfer of appropriate tools into the hands of the target group. Recipients would make use of them to enhance autonomous food-crop production, thereby making client dependency a matter of choice rather than necessity. Smith illustrates the Third World predicament of food insecurity leading to infringement of rights by drawing together empirical evidence from Bangladesh, Botswana, and Tanzania.He further argues that respect for human rights involves a duty on the part of advantaged nations to address the Third World predicament with practical measures fully consistent with human rights, and for each of these three country cases, Smith recommends direct locally specific minimalist aid. His model, its practical illustration, and recommendations should be valuable to academics and students in the fields of rural sociology, anthropology, and political science-especially those focusing on human rights, poverty, and Third World development-as well as bureaucrats and consultants in the development aid field.

Illustrations:

black & white illustrations

Publication:

Imprint:

Praeger Publishers Inc

Returns:

Non-returnable

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