Human Rights Dilemmas in the Developing World - The Case of Marginalized Populations At Risk

This book explores the plight of indigenous people and marginal groups in developing societies. It contextualizes the discourses on human rights infractions and suggests practical solutions for mitigating them.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Indigenous and Minority Groups in Latin America: History, Fragmentation and Struggle for Human Rights, by David R. Davila-Villers
Chapter 2: Human Rights Issues of Minorities in Contemporary India: A Concise Analysis, by Sambuddha Ghatak and E. Ike Udogu
Chapter 3: Theoretical and Analytical Discourses on Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples of Africa, by E. Ike Udogu
Chapter 4: Human Rights Violations of Minorities in South-East Asia: Indonesia and Malaysia, by Sambuddha Ghatak
Chapter 5: Minority Quandaries and Jihadist Terrorism in India, 1985-2013: An Overview, by Sambuddha Ghatak and E. Ike Udogu
Chapter 6: Minority Rights and Environmental Justice in Developing Countries, by Onah P. Thompson
Appendix A: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Appendix B: UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic Religious and Linguistic Minorities-Annex
About the Contributors

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Edited by E. Ike Udogu and Sambuddha Ghatak - Contributions by David R. Davila-Villers; Onah P. Thompson; E. Ike Udogu and Sambuddha Ghatak

Summary

This book explores the plight of indigenous people and marginal groups in developing societies. It contextualizes the discourses on human rights infractions and suggests practical solutions for mitigating them.

Product details

• Authors: E. Ike Ghatak Udogu
• Assisted by: Sambuddha Ghatak (Editor), E Ike Udogu (Editor), E. Ike Udogu (Editor), Ike E. Udogu (Editor), Udogu E. Ike (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781498559997
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-5999-7
• No. of pages: 234
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Developing Countries, Political structure & processes, Human rights, civil rights, Development Studies, Political structure and processes, Global South / Developing countries