Freedom from Want: The Human Right to Adequate Food (Advancing Human Rights)

By: George Kent

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Synopsis: There is, literally, a world of difference between the statements "Everyone should have adequate food," and "Everyone has the right to adequate food." In George Kent's view, the lofty rhetoric of the first statement will not be fulfilled until we take the second statement seriously. Kent sees hunger as a deeply political problem. Too many people do not have adequate control over local resources and cannot create the circumstances that would allow them to do meaningful, productive work and provide for themselves. The human right to an adequate livelihood, including the human right to adequate food, needs to be implemented worldwide in a systematic way. 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.

Book Quality:: Excellent
ISBN-13:: 9781589010567
Publisher:: Georgetown University Press
Date of Addition:: 04/11/18
Copyrighted By:: Georgetown University Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government, Sociology
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Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.