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Challenges in

Rights-based approaches have become prevalent in development rhetoric and programmes in countries such as India, yet little is known about their impact on development practice on the ground. There is limited understanding of how rights work is carried out in India, a country that has a long history...

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Main Author: Unnithan, Maya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
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100 |a Unnithan, Maya 
245 |a Challenges in   |c Perceptions and Practices of Civil Society Actors in Western 
260 |c 2014 
300 |a 1361 - 1384 
520 |a Rights-based approaches have become prevalent in development rhetoric and programmes in countries such as India, yet little is known about their impact on development practice on the ground. There is limited understanding of how rights work is carried out in India, a country that has a long history of indigenous rights discourse and a strong tradition of civil society activism on rights issues. In this article, we examine the multiple ways in which members of civil society organizations (CSOs) working on rights issues in the state of Rajasthan understand and operationalize rights in their development programmes. As a result of diverse  
650 |a Western India 
650 |a India 
650 |a Civil Society Actors 
650 |a Civil Society 
650 |a Human Rights 
773 |a Development and Change  |d November 
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