Why rights, why now? Reflections on the rise of rights in international development discourse

IDS Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-18

  Cornwall, Andrea ^a   Nyamu Musembi, Celestine ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSE; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGISLATION; PLANNING PROCESS;

EID: 14644394916     PISSN: 02655012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-5436.2005.tb00174.x     Document Type: Article

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