Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right

Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right
Author :
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 422
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780199226313
ISBN-13 : 0199226318
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right by : Thomas Pogge

Download or read book Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right written by Thomas Pogge and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collected here are fifteen essays about the severe poverty that today afflicts billions of human lives. The essays seek to explain why freedom from poverty is a human right and what duties this right creates for the affluent. This volume derives from a UNESCO philosophy program organized in response to the first of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2000: 'to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger'.--Publisher's description.


Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right Related Books

Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right
Language: en
Pages: 422
Authors: Thomas Pogge
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Collected here are fifteen essays about the severe poverty that today afflicts billions of human lives. The essays seek to explain why freedom from poverty is a
Poverty, Agency, and Human Rights
Language: en
Pages: 373
Authors: Diana Tietjens Meyers
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-07-22 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Poverty, Agency, and Human Rights collects thirteen new essays that analyze how human agency relates to poverty and human rights respectively as well as how age
World Poverty and Human Rights
Language: en
Pages: 254
Authors: Thomas W. Pogge
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-02-10 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Some 2.5 billion human beings live in severe poverty, deprived of such essentials as adequate nutrition, safe drinking water, basic sanitation, adequate shelter
Sustainable Development Goals and Human Rights
Language: en
Pages: 246
Authors: Markus Kaltenborn
Categories: Climatic changes
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-01-01 - Publisher: Springer Nature

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This open access book analyses the interplay of sustainable development and human rights from different perspectives including fight against poverty, health, ge
Poverty and Human Rights
Language: en
Pages: 286
Authors: Polly Vizard
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-03-02 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

'Poverty itself is a violation of numerous basic human rights.' (Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner on Human Rights)The idea that freedom from poverty i