UID:
edocfu_9958352318002883
Format:
1 online resource (400 pages) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9780812203936
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.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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Introduction /
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CHAPTER ONE. Human Rights NGOs in East Africa: Defining the Challenges /
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CHAPTER TWO. To Whom, for What, and About What? The Legitimacy of Human Rights NGOs in Kenya /
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CHAPTER THREE. Law, Sexuality, and Politics in Uganda: Challenges for Women's Human Rights NGOs /
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CHAPTER FOUR. NGO Struggles for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in UTAKE: A Ugandan Perspective /
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CHAPTER FIVE. Feminist Masculinity: Advocacy for Gender Equality and Equity /
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CHAPTER SIX. Women's Advocacy: Engendering and Reconstituting the Kenyan State /
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CHAPTER SEVEN. Donors and Human Rights NGOs in East Africa: Challenges and Opportunities /
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CHAPTER EIGHT. Contradictions in Neoliberalism: Donors, Human Rights NGOs, and Governance in Kenya /
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CHAPTER NINE. State and Civil Society Relations: Constructing Human Rights Groups for Social Change /
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CHAPTER TEN. Governance and Democracy in Kenya: Challenges for Human Rights NGOs /
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CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Mrican Women's Development and Communication Network: Pan-Mrican Organizing in Human Rights /
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CHAPTER TWELVE. Social Transformation in Uganda: A Study of Grassroots NGOs /
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN. The Death Penalty in East Africa: Law and Transnational Advocacy /
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Democracy Organizations in Political Transitions: IDASA and the New South Africa /
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Conclusion: Coming of Age: NGOs and State Accountability in East Mrica /
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NOTES --
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CONTRIBUTORS --
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INDEX --
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.9783/9780812203936
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812203936
