Freedom from poverty as a human right: who owes what to the very poor?

Foreword Introduction 1. Severe Poverty as a Human Rights Violation 2. Poverty as a Violation of Human Rights: Inhumanity or Injustice? 3. The Moral Reality of Human Rights 4. Inequality and Poverty in Global Perspective 5. Poverty as a Form of Oppression 6. Neglected Injustice: Poverty as a Violation of Social Autonomy 7. The Duties Imposed by the Human Right to Basic Necessities 8. Duties to Fulfill the Human Rights of the Poor 9. Extreme Poverty in a Wealthy World: What Justice Demands Today 10. Responsibility and Severe Poverty 11. Global Poverty and Human Rights: the Case for Positive Duties 12. The Right to Basic Resources 13. Poverty Eradication and Human Rights 14. Enforcing Economic and Social Human Rights 15. The Right of Resistance in Situations of Severe Deprivation Bibliography Index