| Protecting Human Rights in Africa: Roles and Strategies of Nongovernmental Organizations Contributor(s): Jr. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0812217802 ISBN-13: 9780812217803 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2001 Annotation: The first major comparative study of the way human rights south of the Sahara have been revolutionized by NGOs, which have become the most effective detectives in discovering abuses and the most active advocates in seeking solutions. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | Human Rights - Political Science | Civil Rights |
| Dewey: 323.096 |
| Lexile Measure: 1310 |
| Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 6" W x 9" (1.20 lbs) 376 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book for 1996 Since the 1950s, sub-Saharan Africa has been the site of profound political changes initiated by ascendant nationalism and rapid decolonization. With this new beginning came fresh challenges involving many crucial aspects of human rights: self-determination; civil and political rights, including government legitimacy; military involvement in African politics; and unfulfilled basic needs that have cried out for economic and social development. Protecting Human Rights in Africa is the first major comparative study of the way human rights NGOs have brought revolutionary change south of the Sahara. Governments are both the most important protectors and abusers of human rights, while NGOs have become the most effective detectives in discovering abuses and the most active advocates in seeking solutions. |