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Human rights, the rule of law, and development in africa /

This volume makes a significant contribution to the debate about the connections between the protection of human rights and the pursuit of economic development in Africa.

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Corporate Authors:	De Gruyter.
Group Author:	McConnaughay, Philip J.; Zeleza, Paul Tiyambe
Published:	University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address:	Philadelphia, Pa. :
Publication Dates:	[2004] ©2004
Literature type:	eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Pennsylvania studies in human rights
Subjects:	Democratization > Africa. Human rights > Africa. Human rights. Political science. Politik. Social sciences.
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812204513 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9780812204513.jpg
Summary:	This volume makes a significant contribution to the debate about the connections between the protection of human rights and the pursuit of economic development in Africa.
Carrier Form:	1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN:	9780812204513
Index Number:	JC599
CLC:	D740.24
Contents:	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction The Struggle for Human Rights in Africa / 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 / 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 / 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.