Human Rights, the Rule of Law, and Development in Africa /

Human Rights, the Rule of Law, and Development in Africa / / ed. by Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, Philip J. McConnaughay.

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Changes in human rights environments in Africa over the past decade have been facilitated by astounding political transformations: the rise of mass movements and revolts driven by democratic and developmentalist ideals, as well as mass murder and poverty perpetuated by desperate regimes and discredi...

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MitwirkendeR:
Heyns, Christof,
Ibhawoh, Bonny,
Juma, Monica Kathina,
Mamba, Jatham C.,
Mazrui, Alamin M.,
Mbunda, Luitfried,
Mengisteab, Kidane,
Mutua, Makau,
Okoye, Ada O.,
Osinbajo, Yemi,
Pityana, N. Barney,
Saldhana, Vincent,
Thabet, Ahmed,
Tiyambe Zeleza, Paul,
Tlakula, Pansy,
Udogu, E. Ike,
Veney, Cassandra R.,
Villoen, Frans,
Welch Jr., Claude E.,
HerausgeberIn:
McConnaughay, Philip J.,
Zeleza, Paul Tiyambe,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011]
©2004
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction The Struggle for Human Rights in Africa
  • Part I. Universalism and Relativism in Human Rights Discourse
  • 1 Restraining Universalism: Africanist Perspectives on Cultural Relativism in the Human Rights Discourse
  • 2 Toward a Theory of Applied Cultural Relativism in Human Rights
  • 3 Globalism and Some Linguistic Dimensions of Human Rights in Africa
  • 4 The Rule of Law and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Africa
  • 5 Human Rights and Minorities: A Theoretical Overview
  • 6 Globalization and Narrowing the Scope of Democracy in Africa
  • Part II. The Economic and Political Dimensions of Human Rights
  • 7 Human Rights and Development
  • 8 Human Rights, Economic Development, and the Corruption Factor
  • 9 The Regional Protection of Human Rights in Africa: An Overview and Evaluation
  • 10 Securing Human Rights Through the Rule of Law in Tanzania
  • 11 The Human Rights Situation in Egypt
  • 12 A Sustainable U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Africa: Promoting Human Rights, Development, and the Rule of Law
  • Part III. NGOs and Struggles for Human Rights
  • 13 African Human Rights Organizations: Questions of Context and Legitimacy
  • 14 Human Rights and Development in Africa: NGOs
  • 15. NGOs and the Promotion of Human Rights in South Africa
  • 16 Civil Society and the Struggle for Human Rights and Democracy in Zambia
  • 17 The Compromised Brokers: NGOs and Displaced Populations in East Africa
  • Notes
  • References
  • Contributors
  • Index

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