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Rights, resources and the politics of accountability/ edited by Peter Newell and Joanna Wheeler - New York: Zed Books, 2006. - xvii, 270 p. ; 22 cm. - (Claiming citizenship), v. 3 .

Rights, resources and the politics of accountability / Peter Newell and Joanna Wheeler --
Taking accountability into account / Peter Newell --
Do human rights make a difference to poor and vulnerable people? / Lyla Mehta --
Managing watersheds and the right to water / Luisa Pare and Carlos Robles --
Conflicting rights, environmental agendas and the challenges of accountability / Carlos Cortez and Luisa Pare --
From protest to proactive action / Celestine Nyamu-Musembi --
Rights to health and struggles for accountability in a Brazilian municipal health council / Andrea Cornwall, Silvia Cordeiro and Nelson Giordano Delgado --
Corporate accountability and citizen action / Peter Newell [and others] --
Environmental injustice, law and accountability / Rohit Lekhi and Peter Newell --
Oil and accountability issues in the Niger Delta / Oga Steve Abah and Jenks Zakari Okwori --
Compliance versus accountability / Simeen Mahmud and Naila Kabeer --
Accountability beings at home / Stephanie Luce.

ISBN: 9781842775547

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social conflict
Economic development--Political aspects

Dewey Class. No.: 323 / NEW/R