Religion and a rights-based approach to development
This paper is concerned with the observation that rights-based approaches to development have tended to ignore the ways in which religion and culture shape understandings of human rights. Although religious traditions often act against the pursuit of human rights, there are also areas of overlap and...
| Published in: | Progress in development studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2006
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Progress in development studies
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| Further subjects: | B
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B Asia India Menschenrechte Social justice Sozioökonomische Entwicklung Development Religiöse Faktoren Soziokulturelle Faktoren Kulturelle Faktoren Hinduism Buddhism B Religion B Hinduism B Sociocultural factor B India B Human rights B Socioeconomic change B Buddhism B Asia B Development B Social justice B Culture |
| Summary: | This paper is concerned with the observation that rights-based approaches to development have tended to ignore the ways in which religion and culture shape understandings of human rights. Although religious traditions often act against the pursuit of human rights, there are also areas of overlap and consensus. The first part of the paper suggests that the absence of a research agenda within development studies on "religion and development" has meant that a significant indigenous mechanism for pursuing rights has been overlooked. Drawing upon examples from India, the second part of the article then asks whether a language of social justice based upon the concept of duty is more appropriate that one based upon rights. (DSE/GIGA) |
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| ISSN: | 1477-027X |
| Contains: | In: Progress in development studies
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