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--></style><font size="3">Human Rights Reader 293</font><font size="3"><b><br><br>MANY PEOPLE IN DEVELOPMENT
AGENCIES STILL DO NOT REALLY CARE ABOUT ADOPTING THE HUMAN RIGHTS
FRAMEWORK. THEY ‘FEAR’ IT WILL LEAD TO A POLITIZATION OF THE
HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSE…</b><br></font><p class="western" style="margin-left:3in"><font size="3">It is easy
to be a revolutionary at 20, but difficult to be one for 20 years. </font>
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<p class="western"><font size="4">The word politization draws many
fears; you and I know that. But are there any rational grounds for
it?</font></p><font size="4"><br>Bottom
line here is: Why do so many of our peers look down on people like
many of us who take-on a political compromise in our work? </font><p class="western" style="margin-left:0.25in">
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<p class="western"><font size="4">For better or for worse, in a way,
politics is a branch of economics.<font color="#3366ff"> </font>By
extension, politics is about t<font color="#000000">he
political-economy-drivers-of-social change. It is this that makes
politics so relevant for human rights (HR).</font></font></p>
<p class="western">For the full Reader, go to<br>
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<br><br><a href="http://wp.me/plAxa-1BH">http://wp.me/plAxa-1BH</a><br><br>Claudio<br>