Human Rights Dilemmas in the Developing World

E. Ike Udogu is faculty fellow and professor at the Department of Government and Justice Studies at Appalachian State University.Sambuddha Ghatak is assistant professor at the Department of Justice Studies at San Jose State University.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: Indigenous and Minority Groups in Latin America: History, Fragmentation and Struggle for Human Rights, by David R. Davila-VillersChapter 2: Human Rights Issues of Minorities in Contemporary India: A Concise Analysis, by Sambuddha Ghatak and E. Ike UdoguChapter 3: Theoretical and Analytical Discourses on Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples of Africa, by E. Ike UdoguChapter 4: Human Rights Violations of Minorities in South-East Asia: Indonesia and Malaysia, by Sambuddha GhatakChapter 5: Minority Quandaries and Jihadist Terrorism in India, 1985–2013: An Overview, by Sambuddha Ghatak and E. Ike UdoguChapter 6: Minority Rights and Environmental Justice in Developing Countries, by Onah P. ThompsonAppendix A: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous PeoplesAppendix B: UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic Religious and Linguistic Minorities—AnnexAbout the Contributors

Udogu and Ghatak’s edited volume presents a compelling and credible story for making the protection of human rights, including especially those of indigenous peoples and other minorities, the center of a country’s poverty alleviation and development policy. This is a refreshing, rigorous, informative and multidisciplinary analysis of human rights and political development in developing societies. Students of developing countries, policymakers, and anyone interested in human development in the developing world should find this study especially useful.