Freedom From Want - The Human Right to Adequate Food

Informationen zum Autor George Kent is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Hawai'i, and author of The Politics of Children's Survival and Children in the International Political Economy . Klappentext "Freedom from Want makes it clear that feeding people will not solve the problem of hunger, for feeding programs can only be a short-term treatment of a symptom, not a cure. The real solution lies in empowering the poor. Governments, in particular, must ensure that their people face enabling conditions that allow citizens to provide for themselves. In a wider sense, Kent brings an understanding of human rights as a universal system, applicable to all nations on a global scale. If, as Kent argues, everyone has a human right to adequate food, it follows that those who can empower the poor have a duty to see that right implemented, and the obligation to be held morally and legally accountable, for seeing that that right is realized for everyone, everywhere. Zusammenfassung If! as Kent argues! everyone has a human right to adequate food! it follows that those who can empower the poor have a duty to see that right implemented! and the obligation to be held morally and legally accountable for seeing that that right is realized for everyone! everywhere.

Product details

• Authors: George Kent, George (University of Hawaii) Kent
• Assisted by: Terry Coonan (Editor), John Kelsay (Editor), Sumner B. Twiss (Editor)
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.06.2005
• EAN: 9781589010550
• ISBN: 978-1-58901-055-0
• No. of pages: 290
• Series: Advancing Human Rights S.; Advancing Human Rights (Hardco; Advancing Human Rights series; Advancing Human Rights series; Advancing Human Rights (Hardco; Advancing Human Rights
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education