The Concept Of Human Rights In Africa
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The Concept Of Human Rights In Africa
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Author : Issa G. Shivji
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 1989
The Concept Of Human Rights In Africa written by Issa G. Shivji and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Philosophy categories.
1 The dominant discourse
Human Rights In Africa
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Author : Abdullahi Ahmed An-naim
language : en
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Release Date : 2010-12-01
Human Rights In Africa written by Abdullahi Ahmed An-naim and has been published by Brookings Institution Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-01 with Political Science categories.
This powerful volume challenges the conventional view that the concept of human rights is peculiar to the West and, therefore, inherently alien to the non-Western traditions of third world countries. This book demonstrates that there is a contextual legitimacy for the concept of human rights. Virginia A. Leary and Jack Donnelly discuss the Western cultural origins of international human rights; David Little, Bassam Tibi, and Ann Elizabeth Mayer explore Christian and Islamic perspectives on human rights; Rhoda E. Howard, Claude E. Welch, Jr., and James C. N. Paul examine human rights in the context of the African nation-state; Kwasi Wiredu, James Silk, and Francis M. Deng offer African cultural perspectives; and Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im and Richard D. Schwartz discuss prospects for a cross-cultural approach to human rights.
Human Rights In Africa
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Author : Anton Bösl
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Human Rights In Africa written by Anton Bösl and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Human rights categories.
African Conception Of Human Rights
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Author : Gilbert Arhinful Aidoo
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2019-11-14
African Conception Of Human Rights written by Gilbert Arhinful Aidoo and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-14 with Law categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2019 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Public International Law and Human Rights, grade: A (8/10), University of Ghana, Legon (Department of Political Science), language: English, abstract: This essay's aim is to reconceptualize Human Rights from an African perspective. Many have argued that traditional African societies gave no room for the expression of individual rights. What rather existed was group rights - i.e. group rights competed with and suppressed individual entitlements in the traditional African settings. Arguably, it must be said that whiles modern conception of human rights is attributable to the modern western history, no culture can claim any historical glory. The idea of equal and inalienable human rights was missing not only in non-western traditions but also in western societies. For many Africanists, traditional mores gave better expression to human rights than the current neo-colonial states. The different worldview regarding cosmology, ontology and metaphysics, gave expression to their human rights conceptions. African societies are built on the principle of communitarianism manifest in the extended family systems. Thus, the stricter sense of individualism, which is at the core of modernism is inconceivable in Africa. Individual and group rights are entwined in a typical African setting. Collective rights, arguably, complement rather than compete with individual rights. The full enjoyment of individual rights is inseparably conditioned on the rights of the group to which one belongs. I delve into this debate to examine the nexus between communism and expression of human rights in Africa.
Democratization And The Protection Of Human Rights In Africa
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Author : Brendalyn P. Ambrose
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 1995-08-24
Democratization And The Protection Of Human Rights In Africa written by Brendalyn P. Ambrose and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-08-24 with Political Science categories.
Development was achieved in the West by capitalism and industrialization before liberal democracy was introduced as a viable form of government. Africa is grappling with the problems of underdevelopment. Yet, the West insists on liberal democracy for Africa, a form of government which has no economic and social foundations in Africa. The West now faults the African people for not being able to establish and sustain democratic institutions. Ambrose, an African development practitioner who, recently returning from the continent after three intense years of fact-finding, research, and consultation, argues that the solution to Africa's problems does not lie in externally imposed liberal institutions shored up by top-down bureaucracy that most often is ignorant, unresponsive, or outright hostile to the needs of the impoverished majority. Her investigations lead her to believe that the solution for Africa lies in a collective approach based on empowerment of the masses and economic reforms.
Human Rights In Africa
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Author : Bonny Ibhawoh
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2018-01-25
Human Rights In Africa written by Bonny Ibhawoh and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-25 with History categories.
An interpretative history of human rights in Africa, exploring indigenous rights traditions, anti-slavery, anti-colonialism, post-colonial violations and pro-democracy movements.
Human Rights In Commonwealth Africa
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Author : Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 1986
Human Rights In Commonwealth Africa written by Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Political Science categories.
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Human Rights In Africa
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Author : Osita C. Eze
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Human Rights In Africa written by Osita C. Eze and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Civil rights categories.
Human Rights In Africa
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Author : Richard Amoako Baah
language : en
Publisher: University Press of America
Release Date : 2000
Human Rights In Africa written by Richard Amoako Baah and has been published by University Press of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Political Science categories.
Human Rights in Africa is an in depth examination of the concept of human rights as it is applied in the world today, with a focus on Africa. Though the goals of human rights are to benefit mankind, the concept is not devoid of ideology and a particular social orientation. The ethos of the concept as formulated today in a world of disproportionate resources, avarice, competition, and greed, makes it difficult to implement in certain societies. The intellectualization of the concept has made it easy for many to lose sight of the fact that human rights should ultimately be linked to how best human dignity can be protected in a particular society given the realities of that society, as opposed to an artificial imposition of a rigid regime on peoples who do not understand what the concept means.
Human Rights The Rule Of Law And Development In Africa
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Author : Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2011-06-07
Human Rights The Rule Of Law And Development In Africa written by Paul Tiyambe Zeleza and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-07 with Political Science categories.
Changes in human rights environments in Africa over the past decade have been facilitated by astounding political transformations: the rise of mass movements and revolts driven by democratic and developmentalist ideals, as well as mass murder and poverty perpetuated by desperate regimes and discredited global agencies. Human Rights, the Rule of Law, and Development in Africa seeks to make sense of human rights in Africa through the lens of its triumphs and tragedies, its uneven developments and complex demands. The volume makes a significant contribution to the debate about the connections between the protection of human rights and the pursuit of economic development by interrogating the paradigms, politics, and practices of human rights in Africa. Throughout, the essays emphasize that democratic and human rights regimes are products of concrete social struggles, not simply textual or legal discourses. Including some of Africa's leading scholars, jurists, and human rights activists, contributors to the volume diverge from Western theories of African democratization by rejecting the continental view of an Africa blighted by failure, disease, and economic malaise. It argues instead that Africa has strengthened and shaped international law, such as the right to self-determination, inspired by the process of decolonization, and the definition of the refugee. Insisting on the holistic view that human rights are as much about economic and social rights as they are about civil and political rights, the contributors offer novel analyses of African conceptions, experiences, and aspirations of human rights which manifest themselves in complex global, regional, and local idioms. Further, they explore the varied constructions of human rights in African and Western discourses and the roles played by states and NGOs in promoting or subverting human rights. Combining academic analysis with social concern, intellectual discourse with civic engagement, and scholarly research with institution building, this is a compelling and original approach to the question whether externally inspired solutions to African human rights issues have validity in a postcolonial world.