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10 - Re-Framing Human Rights Advocacy: The Rise of Economic Rights

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2017

Stephen Hopgood
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School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Jack Snyder
Affiliation:
Columbia University, New York
Leslie Vinjamuri
Affiliation:
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
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Human Rights Futures , pp. 237 - 260
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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