"but we sometimes forget how recent a feature of society such public services are"
here's the context.
(I'm a spanish native speaker and I can't find a translation for it, if you do not speak spanish, please explain me the menaing in English)
Broad-based access to these social institutions has been key to the security and prosperity of
people in wealthy nations, but we sometimes forget how recent a feature of society such public
services are. Almost sixty years ago, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights affirmed that
a decent standard of living, including access to health and education, were fundamental
human rights. Subsequent international agreements legally committed governments to
progressive realisation of social rights, including the right to water.
2007-06-16
03:49:45
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Juan Palacios
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