Protecting Human Rights in Africa: Roles and Strategies of Nongovernmental Organizations

by Claude, E. Welch and Claude E. Welch Jr.

Book Overview

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book for 1996

Since the 1950s, sub-Saharan Africa has been the site of profound political changes initiated by ascendant nationalism and rapid decolonization. With this new beginning came fresh challenges involving many crucial aspects of human rights: self-determination; civil and political rights, including government legitimacy; military involvement in African politics; and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812217802
• ISBN13: 9780812217803
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"