Required reading - several chapters/ sections of books
1. B?RD A. ANDREASSEN AND STEPHEN P. MARKS (eds.). Development as a Human Rights. A Nobel Symposium Book. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2006. The following chapters [207 pp]:
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Sen. Human Rights and Development
- Chapter 2: Sengupta, The Human Right to Development
- Chapter 3: Kirkemann Hansen/Sano, The Implications and Values Added of RBA
- Chapter 4: Marks, Obligations to Implement the Right to Development
- Chapter 5: Beetham, The Right to Development and Its Corresponding Obligations
- Chapter 7: Andreassen, Development and Human Rights Responsibilities of Non-state Actors
- Chapter 10: Malhotra: Towards Implementing the Right to development: A Framework for Indicators and Monitoring Methods
- Chapter 12: Osmani: Globalization and the Right to Development: Background and Progress
- Chapter 13: Scheinin: Advocating the Right to Development Through Complaint Procedures Under Human Rights Treaties
- Chapter 14: Skogly: The Role of International Financial Institutions in a Rights-based Approach to the Process of Development
Please note! The book is sold out from the publishers, and is not available in the Gnist Akademika bookstore. Students should make their own copy from the book available in the NCHR library.
2. DAN BANIK (ed). Poverty, Politics and Development. Oslo: Fagbokforlaget, 2006. [92 pp]
- Chapter 1 Banik, Introduction
- Chapter 2 B. Bull, Development Theory Revisited
- Chapter 3 Banik, Democracy, Development and Poverty: Past Experiences andFuture Prospects
- Chapter 13 Andreassen, The Human Rights and Development Nexus: From Rights Talk to Rights Practices
3. AMARTYA SEN. Development as Freedom. New York: Anchor Books (1999). [109 pp.]
- Introduction and chapters 1-4.
4. HENRY SHUE. Basic Rights. Subsistence, Affluence and US Foreign Policy. Princeton: Princeton University Press (2nd ed., 1996). [54 pp.]
- Chapters 1-2.
Required readings: Chapters and articles online
5. ALSTON, PHILIP, “Ships Passing in the Night: The Current State of the Human Rights and Development Debate seen through the Lens of the Millennium Development Goals” in Human Rights Quarterly, Volume 27, 3 (2005). [75 pp.]http://www.swetswise.com/eAccess/viewToc.do?titleID=94686&yevoID=1693527
6. HOWARD-HASSERMAN, RHODA, “The Second Grand Transformation: Human Rights Leapfrogging in the era of Globalization” in Human Rights Quarterly, Vol 27, No. 1 (2005). [40 pp] http://www.swetswise.com/eAccess/viewToc.do?titleID=94686&yevoID=1437986
7. Office of the UN Commissioner of Human Rights Principles and Guidelines for a Human Rights Approach to Poverty Reduction Strategies. Pp. 1-49. [49 pp.] http://www2.ohchr.org/SPdocs/Claiming_MDGs_en.pdf
8. Making the Law Work for Everyone. Report of the COMMISSION ON THE LEGAL EMPOWERMENT OF THE POOR Volume 1. [110 pp.] http://www.undp.org/legalempowerment/report/index.html
Required readings: Chapters and articles in compendium
The compilation of text (compendium) can be bought in the bookstore Gnist Akademika (Domus Nova).
9. EKERN, STENER. “Visions of the Right Order: Contrast between Communitarian Law in Guatemala and International Human Rights Law. In Lone Lindholt and Steen Schaumberg-Muller (eds.), Human Rights in Development: Local/Living Law. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2005. [25 pp.]
10. GREADY, PAUL AND JONATHAN ENSOR (eds.). Reinventing Development? Translating Rights-based Approaches from theory into practice. London: Zed Books, 2005.
- Chapters: Introduction
- Chapter 1 Jonsson, Urban. “A human rights-based approach to programming”.
- Chapter 2 Brouwer, Marjolein et al, “The Experience of Oxfam International and its affiliates in rights-based programming and campaigning.
- Chapter 3, Jones, Andrew. “The case of CARE International in Rwanda”.
- Chapter 4 Okille, Pamela Achanut. “Rights in practice – assessing the impact of rights-based training in Uganda.”[107 pp]
11. HANN, CHRIS “Introduction: Political Sociology and Civil Anthropology.” In Chris Hann and Elizabeth Dunn (eds.), Civil Society: Challenging Western Models. London: Routledge (1996). Pp. 1-26. [25 pp.]
12. IKDAHL, INGUNN, ANNE HELLUM, TOR A. BENJAMINSEN, RANDI KAARHUS AND PATRICIA KAMERI-MBOTE. Human Rights, Formalisation and Women’s Land Rights in Southern and Eastern Africa. In Studies in Women’s Law no. 57. University of Oslo, 2005. Pp. 14-46 [32 pp]
13. POGGE, THOMAS. World Poverty and Human Rights. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2002. Introduction and Chapter 1. 50 pp.
Total: 776 pages (additional reading (124 pp) will be included in the syllabus)
Additional reading (recommended)
ANDREASSEN, B?RD ANDERS “Development, Capabilities, Rights: What is New About the Right to Development and a Rights Approach to Development? In Morten Bergsmo (ed.), Human Rights and Criminal Justice for the Downtrodden: Essays in Honour of Asbj?rn Eide. Leiden/Boston: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers (2003). [23 pp.]
ARCE, ALBERTO AND NORMAN LONG "Bridging Two Worlds: An Ethnography of Bureaucrat-peasant Relations in Western Mexico.” In Mark Hobart (ed.), An Anthropological Critique of Development: The Growth of Ignorance. London: Routledge (1993). Pp. 179-208. [29 pp.]
BEITZ, CHARLES Political Theory and International Relations. Princeton University Press (1979). Part Three (“International Distributive Justice”) and Conclusion. [60 pp.]
GRILLO, R.D. “Discourses of Development: The View from Anthropology.” In R.D. Grillo and R.L. Stirrat (eds.), Discourses of Development: Anthropological Perspectives. Oxford: Berg Publishers (1997). Pp. 1-33. [32 pp.]
LEYS, COLIN. The Rise & Fall of Development Theory. Oxford: James Currey, Ltd. (1996). Pp. 3-44. [42 pp.]
MOENE, KARL OVE & MICHAEL WALERSTEIN Social Democracy as a Development Strategy. Unpublished (2002). Pp. 1-29. [29 pp.]
MOSSE, DAVID “The Ideology and Politics of Community Participation: Tank Irrigation Development in Colonial and Contemporary Tamil Nadu.” In R.D. Grillo and R.L. Stirrat (eds.), Discourses of Development: Anthropological Perspectives. Oxford: Berg Publishers (1997). Pp. 255-291. [36 pp.]
RABO, ANNIKA “Gender, State and Civil Society in Jordan and Syria. In Chris Hann and Elizabeth Dunn (eds.), Civil society. Challenging Western Models. London: Routledge (1996). Pp. 155-177. [22 pp.]
SENGUPTA, ARJUN K. Third Report of the Independent Expert on the Right to Development. UN Doc. E/CN.4/1999/WG.18.2. [21 pp.]
On THE UN MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, see http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/
Notice: This syllabus may be subject to smaller changes in consultation with lecturers.