Human Rights and Economics: The Conceptual Basis for their Complementarity
Human rights theorists and economists have tended to talk past, rather than to, each other, especially in the field of development. On one level this is to be expected. Human rights theory adopts a normative, deontological approach, while economists see their discipline as a positive science and are comfortable with its consequentialism. But a closer look at the relationship suggests more complementarities. Human rights theory can help provide a normative framework that avoids some of the pitfalls of welfare theory, and can help economists deal with issues of exploitation and power relations. These complementarities have increased in importance as the development discourse incorporates legal and political issues previously considered beyond the scope of economists and development practitioners. Copyright (c) UNICEF 2008. Journal compilation (c) 2008 Overseas Development Institute..
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2008
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Authors: | Seymour, Dan ; Pincus, Jonathan |
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Development Policy Review. - Overseas Development Institute. - Vol. 26.2008, 4, p. 387-405
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Overseas Development Institute |
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