Is the rights focus the right focus? Nicaraguan responses to the rights agenda
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The different meanings, perceived usefulness and limitations of a rights approach to promote women's demands and as a means to unify women's actions in pursuit of these demands is explored. Nicaraguan is used as a case study to explore how women's organizations have used rights to mobilize and promote change and the extent to which a focus on rights can translate into a change in social relations, a change that demands a rebalancing of unequal power relations.
Publication Name: Third World Quarterly
Subject: International relations
ISSN: 0143-6597
Year: 2006
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How to make an undemocratic constitution: the Nigerian example
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Nigeria's constitution needs revision. Constitutions are the most relevant in democratic countries when they engage the shape of power, society, and forces that breed violence, distrust and intolerance.
Publication Name: Third World Quarterly
Subject: International relations
ISSN: 0143-6597
Year: 2000
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