Human Rights NGOs in East Africa: Political and Normative Tensions

Human rights nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are by definition not part of the state. Rather, they are an element of civil society, the strands of the fabric of organized life in countries, and crucial to the prospect of political democracy. Civil society is a very recent phenomenon in East African nations, where authoritarian regimes have prevailed and human rights watchdogs have had a critical role to play. While the state remains one of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812241126
• ISBN13: 9780812241129
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.1"