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Economic Injustice (May 2009)
Volume 2, Number 4
Whereas so-called first generations rights are readily and often easily embraced in human rights discourses , and second generation rights (those that pertain to social and economic provisions such as access to health, housing, food, security, water and sanitation) seem to evoke equivocation in some sectors.
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Language Rights (November 2008)
Volume 2, Number 3
Although language is as old as human society, an epistemic approach to it, especially from a human rights perspective, is not equally old. It is only recently that a growing interest in language rights among academics, planners and activists has been discernible.
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Citizenship (June 2008)
Volume 2, Number 2
For a long time citizenship was just another word in the dictionary; neutral and not occupying a significant space in political and socio-economic discourses. With the rise of the contemporary nation state, citizenship has acquired new significance. Who belongs and who doesn’t. Who has access to political and socio-economic rights and privileges.
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International Institutions in Africa (November 2007)
Volume 2, Number 1
This edition of OPENSPACE grapples with the notion of internationalism, how it has played out at various levels of socio-political organisation across the world and the implications this has had for African development and governance structures.
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