Human Rights and Development » (1st Edition)

Peter Uvin is the Henry J. Leir Professor of International Humanitarian Studies at the Fletcher School, Tufts University. He received his doctorate in international relations from the Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales, University of Geneva. He has been a Research Associate Professor at the Watson Institute of International Affairs, Brown University, and has taught at New Hampshire College and the Graduate School of Development Studies, Geneva. For the last 20 years, he has worked periodically in Africa as a development practitioner and consultant, recently collaborating with UNDP, the OECD, and Belgian, Dutch, Danish, and British bilateral agencies. His book, Aiding Violence: The Development Enterprise in Rwanda, won the 1999 African Studies Association Herskovits Award for the most outstanding book on Africa.

Uvin (international humanitarian studies, Tufts University) examines the relationship between development aid and human rights violations and prescribes strategies for reducing conflict and improving outcomes. He specifically advances an analysis of the need to effect social change at a global level and advocates a rights-based approach to economic development. Chapters address legal challenges, political conditionality, positive support, remaining questions, and related topics. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR