Right-to-Development Governance
An Alternative Development Model for Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16767167 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carol Chi Ngang (0000-0001-7222-4693, National University of Lesotho, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 35-52 |
| Publication date | 2025-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of African Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0221-8553 • E-ISSN: 1464-3731 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s002185532400024x |
| OpenAlex | W4404599140 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
In this article, I carry out an in-depth conceptualization of right-to-development governance to illustrate how, as a rights-based model suited to redressing the challenges that have held Africa back over the decades, it can leverage and accelerate the processes for development on the continent. I do so to provide clarity on the deficits in the understanding of the right to development and the dilemma of its implementation in Africa. Through a theoretical and qualitative socio-legal analysis, I frame the argument that Africa's development setbacks are largely generated and sustained by the lack of an operational model that can drive transformation on the continent. Besides having evolved as a claimable human right, the right to development is equally conceived as a model or paradigm for development which is yet to be fully explored to inform development thinking and practice on the continent, and thus enable shared prosperity and improved quality of life and standards of living for the peoples of Africa. The proposed right-to-development governance model is appropriately theorized in this article to provide the basis for its operationalization, which, as explained, entails a nuanced blend of nominal capitalism, communitarian socialism and contemporary culturalism
CLARITY · Conceptualization · Corporate governance · Economic system · Economics · Epistemology · Human rights · Law and economics · Management · Operationalization · Political economy · Political science · Right to development · Sociology · Environmental law and policy · Human Rights and Development · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa
Insights into Policies and Practices on the Right to Development
The Right to Development in Africa
Towards the World Culture Society
Towards a right-to-development governance in Africa
The Multilateral Trading System and Human Rights
The Legacy of Colonialism
Socio‐legal Theory
Africa in the rise of rights-based development
On Acting and Knowing
Putting the 'rights-based approach' to development into perspective
Three principles of pragmatism for research on organizational processes
Pragmatism as a Paradigm for Social Research
| Highly cited | No |
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