Contents

pp vii-viii

Acknowledgments

pp ix-x

List of Contributors

pp xi-xiv

Introduction: Reflections on Dialogues between Practitioners and Theorists of Human Rights

pp 1-22

SECTION I - NORTHERN INGOs AND SOUTHERN AID RECIPIENTS: THE CHALLENGE OF UNEQUAL POWER

1 - The Pornography of Poverty: A Cautionary Fundraising Tale

pp 23-37

2 - An Imperfect Process: Funding Human Rights – A Case Study

pp 38-53

3 - Transformational Development as the Key to Housing Rights

pp 54-78

4 - Human Rights INGOs and the North–South Gap: The Challenge of Normative and Empirical Learning

pp 79-98

SECTION II - INGOs AND GOVERNMENTS: THE CHALLENGE OF DEALING WITH STATES THAT RESTRICT THE ACTIVITIES OF INGOs

5 - Dilemmas Facing NGOs in Coalition-Occupied Iraq

pp 99-116

6 - Human Rights in Action: Supporting Human Rights Work in Authoritarian Countries

pp 117-131

7 - Driving without a Map: Implementing Legal Projects in China Aimed at Improving Human Rights

pp 132-150

8 - Normative Compliance and Hard Bargaining: INGOs and China's Response to International Human Rights Criticism

pp 151-168

SECTION III - INGOs AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS: THE CHALLENGE OF DEALING WITH GLOBAL POVERTY

9 - Defending Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights: Practical Issues Faced by an International Human Rights Organization

pp 169-180

10 - Thinking through Social and Economic Rights

pp 181-197

Response to the Critique of Neera Chandhoke

pp 198-200

A Final Response to Kenneth Roth

pp 201-203

11 - Amnesty International and Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

pp 204-217

12 - Moral Priorities for International Human Rights NGOs

pp 218-256

13 - The Problem of Doing Good in a World That Isn't: Reflections on the Ethical Challenges Facing INGOs

pp 257-272

Respect and Disagreement: A Response to Joseph Carens

pp 273-278

Conclusion: INGOs as Collective Mobilization of Transnational Solidarity: Implications for Human Rights Work at the United Nations

pp 279-302

Index

pp 303-320