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Title Human rights NGOs in East Africa : political and normative tensions / edited by Makau Mutua
Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 390 pages)
Series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
Contents Human rights NGOs in East Africa : defining the challenges / Makau Mutua -- To whom, for what, and about what? The legitimacy of human rights NGOs in Kenya / Betty K. Murungi -- Law, sexuality, and politics in Uganda : challenges for women's human rights NGOs / Sylvia Tamale -- NGO struggles for economic, social, and cultural rights in Utake : a Ugandan perspective / Joe Oloka-Onyango -- Feminist masculinity : advocacy for gender equality and equity / Willy Mutunga -- Women's advocacy : engendering and reconstituting the Kenyan state / Jacinta K. Muteshi -- Donors and human rights NGOs in East Africa : challenges and opportunities / Connie Ngondi-Houghton -- Contradictions in neoliberalism : donors, human rights NGOs, and governance in Kenya / Karuti Kanyinga -- State and civil society relations : constructing human rights groups for social change / Livingstone Sewanyana -- Governance and democracy in Kenya : challenges for human rights NGOs / J. Wanjiku Miano -- The African women's development and communication network : Pan-African organizing in human rights / L. Muthoni Wanyeki -- Social transformation in Uganda : a study of grassroots NGOs / Dani W. Nabudere -- The death penalty in East Africa : law and transnational advocacy / Margaret A. Burnham -- Democracy organizations in political transitions : IDASA and the new South Africa / Shaila Gupta and Alycia Kellman -- Conclusion : coming of age : NGOs and state accountability in East Africa / Chris Maina Peter
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-365) and index
Notes In English
Subject Human rights -- Africa, Eastern
Democratization -- Africa, Eastern
Non-governmental organizations -- Africa, Eastern
Civil society -- Africa, Eastern
Democracy -- Africa, Eastern
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Human Rights.
Civil society
Democracy
Democratization
Human rights
Non-governmental organizations
Politics and government
Nichtstaatliche Organisation
Menschenrechtsorganisation
Bürgerliche Gesellschaft
SUBJECT Africa, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1960- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001607
Subject Eastern Africa
Ostafrika
Form Electronic book
Author Mutua, Makau
LC no. 2008025562
ISBN 9780812203936
0812203933