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    Human rights : a political and cultural critique (2002)
    Philadelphia :University of Pennsylvania Press,
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    almahu_BV014756707
    Format: XI, 252 Seiten.
    ISBN: 0-8122-3653-X , 978-0-8122-2049-0
    Series Statement: Pennsylvania studies in human rights
    Language: English
    Subjects: Political Science
    RVK:
    MI 10065
    Keywords: Menschenrecht ; Menschenrecht ; Universal Declaration of Human Rights ; Eurozentrismus ; Menschenrecht ; Begriff ; Interkulturalität
    URL: http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=009993826&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
    URL: http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=009993826&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
    Author information: Mutua, Makau.
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    Human rights NGOs in East Africa : political and normative tensions (2009)
    Philadelphia, Pa. :Univ. of Pennsylvania Press,
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    almahu_BV035322876
    Format: VII, 390 S.
    ISBN: 978-0-8122-2049-0 , 978-0-8122-4112-9
    Series Statement: Pennsylvania studies in human rights
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    Language: English
    Subjects: Political Science
    RVK:
    MI 50065
    Keywords: Nichtstaatliche Organisation ; Menschenrechtsorganisation ; Bürgerliche Gesellschaft ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    URL: http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=017127418&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
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  • 3
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    Human Rights : A Political and Cultural Critique (2008)
    Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc
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    UID:
    gbv_839030967
    Format: Online-Ressource (264 p)
    ISBN: 9780812220490
    Series Statement: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
    Content: Human Rights: A Political and Cultural Critique provides a bracing and controversial analysis of the scope of human rights and lays the groundwork for a multicultural and more universal understanding of these rights.
    Content: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Human Rights as a Metaphor -- The Metaphor of Human Rights -- The Grand Narrative of Human Rights -- The Metaphor of the Savage -- The Metaphor of the Victim -- The Metaphor of the Savior -- 2 Human Rights as an Ideology -- The Authors of Human Rights -- A Holy Trinity: Liberalism, Democracy, and Human Rights -- The Conventional Doctrinalists -- The Conceptualizers -- The Cultural Pluralists -- Political Strategists and Instrumentalists -- 3 Human Rights and the African Fingerprint -- Africa in a Rights Universe -- Human Rights in Precolonial Africa -- The Dialectic of Rights and Duties -- The Duty/Rights Conception -- Whither Africa? -- 4 Human Rights, Religion, and Proselytism -- The Problem of Religious Rights -- Demonizing the "Other -- Proselytization in Africa -- The Legal Invisibility of Indigenous Religions -- Ideals Versus Realities -- The Moral Equivalency of Cultures -- 5 The African State, Human Rights, and Religion -- Religion and African Statehood -- Identity Disorientation -- The Culture of Silence and Postcolonialism -- Counterpenetration as a Farce -- Benin Returns to Its Roots -- 6 The Limits of Rights Discourse -- South Africa: The Human Rights State -- The Rights Framework as an ANC Strategy: A Snapshot of Apartheid -- The Evolution of a Rights Approach -- The Compromise of the Interim Constitution -- The 1996 Constitution as a Normative Continuum -- The ANC's Gradualist Rights Approach -- Land Reform as a Central Plank of the Struggle -- Women in Post-Apartheid South Africa -- The Status and Orientation of Post-Apartheid Courts -- Humanizing the Instruments of Coercion -- Rights Discourse-Not a Panacea -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Human Rights as a Metaphor""; ""The Metaphor of Human Rights""; ""The Grand Narrative of Human Rights""; ""The Metaphor of the Savage""; ""The Metaphor of the Victim""; ""The Metaphor of the Savior""; ""2 Human Rights as an Ideology""; ""The Authors of Human Rights""; ""A Holy Trinity: Liberalism, Democracy, and Human Rights""; ""The Conventional Doctrinalists""; ""The Conceptualizers""; ""The Cultural Pluralists""; ""Political Strategists and Instrumentalists"" , ""3 Human Rights and the African Fingerprint""""Africa in a Rights Universe""; ""Human Rights in Precolonial Africa""; ""The Dialectic of Rights and Duties""; ""The Duty/Rights Conception""; ""Whither Africa?""; ""4 Human Rights, Religion, and Proselytism""; ""The Problem of Religious Rights""; ""Demonizing the ""Other""""; ""Proselytization in Africa""; ""The Legal Invisibility of Indigenous Religions""; ""Ideals Versus Realities""; ""The Moral Equivalency of Cultures""; ""5 The African State, Human Rights, and Religion""; ""Religion and African Statehood""; ""Identity Disorientation"" , ""The Culture of Silence and Postcolonialism""""Counterpenetration as a Farce""; ""Benin Returns to Its Roots""; ""6 The Limits of Rights Discourse""; ""South Africa: The Human Rights State""; ""The Rights Framework as an ANC Strategy: A Snapshot of Apartheid""; ""The Evolution of a Rights Approach""; ""The Compromise of the Interim Constitution""; ""The 1996 Constitution as a Normative Continuum""; ""The ANC's Gradualist Rights Approach""; ""Land Reform as a Central Plank of the Struggle""; ""Women in Post-Apartheid South Africa""; ""The Status and Orientation of Post-Apartheid Courts"" , ""Humanizing the Instruments of Coercion""""Rights Discourse-Not a Panacea""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""Acknowledgments""
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780812204155
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780812220490
    Additional Edition: Print version Human Rights : A Political and Cultural Critique
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books
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    URL: Volltext
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    Human rights : a political and cultural critique (2013)
    Philadelphia :PENN, University of Pennsylvania Press,
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    UID:
    edocfu_BV042521278
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 252 Seiten).
    ISBN: 978-0-8122-0415-5
    Series Statement: Pennsylvania studies in human rights
    Note: Main description: Human Rights: A Political and Cultural Critique provides a bracing and controversial analysis of the scope of human rights and lays the groundwork for a multicultural and more universal understanding of these rights
    Additional Edition: Elektronische Reproduktion Mutua, Makau Human rights Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002 ISBN 978-0-8122-2049-0
    Language: English
    Keywords: Menschenrecht ; Menschenrecht ; Universal Declaration of Human Rights ; Eurozentrismus ; Menschenrecht ; Begriff ; Interkulturalität
    DOI: 10.9783/9780812204155
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    URL: Volltext
    Author information: Mutua, Makau
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    Human rights NGOs in East Africa : political and normative tensions (2009)
    Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press
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    UID:
    gbv_773185038
    Format: Online-Ressource (vii, 390 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    ISBN: 0812220498 , 0812241126 , 9780812203936 , 9780812220490 , 9780812241129
    Series Statement: Pennsylvania studies in human rights
    Content: Critically explores the anatomy of the human rights movement in East Africa, examining its origins, challenges, and emergent themes in the context of political transitions in the region. In particular, the book seeks to understand the political and normative challenges that face this young but vibrant civil society in the vortex of globalization.
    Content: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- lntroduction -- PART I: Defining Challenges to Civil Society in East Africa -- CHAPTER ONE Human Rights NGOs in East Africa: Defining the Challenges -- CHAPTER TWO To Whom, for What, and About What? The Legitimacy of Human Rights NGOs in Kenya -- PART II: Interrogating NGO Mandates: Gender, Sexuality, and ESC Rights -- CHAPTER THREE Law, Sexuality, and Politics in Uganda: Challenges for Women's Human Rights NGOs -- CHAPTER FOUR NGO Struggles for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in UTAKE: A Ugandan Perspective -- CHAPTER FIVE Feminist Masculinity: Advocacy for Gender Equality and Equity -- CHAPTER SIX Women's Advocacy: Engendering and Reconstituting the Kenyan State -- PART III: Donors and Grantees: Convergences and Divergences -- CHAPTER SEVEN Donors and Human Rights NGOs in East Africa: Challenges and Opportunities -- CHAPTER EIGHT Contradictions in Neoliberalism: Donors, Human Rights NGOs, and Governance in Kenya -- PART IV: State/Civil Society Relations -- CHAPTER NINE State and Civil Society Relations: Constructing Human Rights Groups for Social Change -- CHAPTER TEN Governance and Democracy in Kenya: Challenges for Human Rights NGOs -- PART V: NGO Institutional Case Studies -- CHAPTER ELEVEN The African Women's Development and Communication Network: Pan-African Organizing in Human Rights -- CHAPTER TWELVE Social Transformation in Uganda: A Study of Grassroots NGOs -- PART VI: South/South and North/South NGO Relations -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Death Penalty in East Africa: Law and Transnational Advocacy -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN Democracy Organizations in Political Transitions: IDASA and the New South Africa -- CONCLUSION Coming of Age: NGOs and State Accountability in East Africa -- NOTES -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-365) and index , ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""lntroduction""; ""PART I: Defining Challenges to Civil Society in East Africa""; ""CHAPTER ONE Human Rights NGOs in East Africa: Defining the Challenges""; ""CHAPTER TWO To Whom, for What, and About What? The Legitimacy of Human Rights NGOs in Kenya""; ""PART II: Interrogating NGO Mandates: Gender, Sexuality, and ESC Rights""; ""CHAPTER THREE Law, Sexuality, and Politics in Uganda: Challenges for Women's Human Rights NGOs""; ""CHAPTER FOUR NGO Struggles for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in UTAKE: A Ugandan Perspective"" , ""CHAPTER FIVE Feminist Masculinity: Advocacy for Gender Equality and Equity""""CHAPTER SIX Women's Advocacy: Engendering and Reconstituting the Kenyan State""; ""PART III: Donors and Grantees: Convergences and Divergences""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN Donors and Human Rights NGOs in East Africa: Challenges and Opportunities""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT Contradictions in Neoliberalism: Donors, Human Rights NGOs, and Governance in Kenya""; ""PART IV: State/Civil Society Relations""; ""CHAPTER NINE State and Civil Society Relations: Constructing Human Rights Groups for Social Change"" , ""CHAPTER TEN Governance and Democracy in Kenya: Challenges for Human Rights NGOs""""PART V: NGO Institutional Case Studies""; ""CHAPTER ELEVEN The African Women's Development and Communication Network: Pan-African Organizing in Human Rights""; ""CHAPTER TWELVE Social Transformation in Uganda: A Study of Grassroots NGOs""; ""PART VI: South/South and North/South NGO Relations""; ""CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Death Penalty in East Africa: Law and Transnational Advocacy""; ""CHAPTER FOURTEEN Democracy Organizations in Political Transitions: IDASA and the New South Africa"" , ""CONCLUSION Coming of Age: NGOs and State Accountability in East Africa""""NOTES""; ""LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS""; ""INDEX""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS"" , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780812241129
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Human Rights NGOs in East Africa : Political and Normative Tensions
    Language: English
    URL: Volltext
    URL: Volltext
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