00000nam a22000008i 4500 20260913094711.0 260919s2018 ii 00 0 eng d 9789388162111 JC571.K86 2018 323 23 Sanjay Kumar Human Rights, Power and Civic Action / Sanjay Kumar. New Delhi 2018. 240 pages In social science and politics, power is the ability to influence or outright control the behaviour of people. The term “authority” is often used for power perceived as legitimate by the social structure. Power can be seen as evil or unjust, but the exercise of power is accepted as endemic to humans as social beings. Power changes those in the position of power and those who are targets of that power. As the dominant actors in global politics, states were the presumed duty bearers, with primary responsibility for protecting and fulfilling international human rights norms. The term “human rights violation,” likewise, was reserved to describe abuses committed by states. The present book indicts the world’s governments for failing to address growing hunger, housing shortages, unemployment, poverty, human rights abuses, and environmental degradation. He examines the causes of this global crisis and offers fresh solutions reflecting sustainability, community, and equity—the only principles that can assure a healthy future for the world’s people. This book will continue to be used as a core text for multiple courses within programs, will have long term application for students of community practice, and will provide practitioners with new grounding for development, planning, organizing, and empowerment and social change work. Human rights. Power (Social sciences). Social change. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights bisacsh