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Human rights NGOs in East Africa : political and normative tensions / edited by Makau Mutua.
LIBRA JQ2945.A91 H88 2009
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Pennsylvania studies in human rights
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy.
- Civil society.
- Non-governmental organizations.
- Democratization.
- Human rights.
- Africa, Eastern--Politics and government--1960-.
- Africa, Eastern.
- Eastern Africa.
- Politics and government.
- Human rights--Africa, Eastern.
- Democratization--Africa, Eastern.
- Non-governmental organizations--Africa, Eastern.
- Civil society--Africa, Eastern.
- Democracy--Africa, Eastern.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 390 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2009]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-365) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780812220490
- 0812220498
- 9780812241129
- 0812241126
- OCLC:
- 229036302
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