Human Rights from Community
A Rights-Based Approach to Development
Will be published approx. on 30. June 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-3995-6563-9 (ISBN)
Description
Poverty, exclusion and lack of participation are symptomatic of state and market-based approaches to human rights. Oche Onazi uses Nigeria as a case study to show how the idea of community is a better alternative, capable of inspiring the poor and the vulnerable to organise themselves democratically and claim ownership of the processes that determine their human rights.
Reviews / Votes
An important contribution to both academic literature and the debate surrounding international development policies and the fulfilment of access to economic and social rights. -- Joanna Morley, School of Advanced Study, University of London * International Community Law Review * Human rights and community often have a contentious relationship - this book aims to show that human rights are an integral part of the love and empathy, which humans need to realise community. In lucid, passionate and sensitive prose, Onazi develops this theory using the example of development politics in Nigeria. * Zenon Bankowski, Professor Emeritus of Legal Theory, The University of Edinburgh School of Law *More details
Series
Edition
New in Paperback
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-3995-6563-9 (9781399565639)
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Person
Dr. Oche Onazi is Lecturer in Law at the University of Dundee. He has published articles in Law, Global Development and Social Justice, Global Jurist and International Journal of Law in Context.
Content
Preface
Introduction
Dominant Approaches
Point of Departure
Human Rights, Electricity and Nigeria
Structure of the Book
Human Rights and Community: Unlocking the Deadlock
Are Human Rights Enough?
Good Governance as Metaphor for Development
Good Governance and the Marketisation of Human Rights
The Good Governance of Electricity: Nigeria as Case Study
Reclaiming Human Rights: A Theory of Community
Electricity for Community by Community: The Co-operative Model
Conclusion: Imagining a Post-State Human Rights Discourse
Bibliography
Introduction
Dominant Approaches
Point of Departure
Human Rights, Electricity and Nigeria
Structure of the Book
Human Rights and Community: Unlocking the Deadlock
Are Human Rights Enough?
Good Governance as Metaphor for Development
Good Governance and the Marketisation of Human Rights
The Good Governance of Electricity: Nigeria as Case Study
Reclaiming Human Rights: A Theory of Community
Electricity for Community by Community: The Co-operative Model
Conclusion: Imagining a Post-State Human Rights Discourse
Bibliography