Hans Peter Schmitz

Hans Peter Schmitz is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University.

Rights-based approaches to development: from rights ‘talk’ to joint action

The rights based approach to development is increasingly popular, but more rights-based money isn’t the answer to the world’s ills. Rights-based practitioners will have to do a better job of evaluating their own efforts, helping local communities organize, and overcoming disincentives to collabora

By Hans Peter Schmitz

/ 27 Nov 2013