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Human rights NGOs in East Africa : political and normative tensions / edited by Makau Mutua.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Pennsylvania studies in human rightsPublication details: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009.Description: vii, 390 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780812220490 (alk. paper)
  • 0812220498 (alk. paper)
  • 9780812241129
  • 0812241126
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 323.06/0676 22
LOC classification:
  • JC571. M95 2002
Contents:
Introduction / Makau Mutua -- Pt. I. Defining Challenges to Civil Society in East Africa -- Ch. 1. Human Rights NGOs in East Africa: Defining the Challenges / Makau Mutua -- Ch. 2. To Whom, for What, and About What? The Legitimacy of Human Rights NGOs in Kenya / Betty K. Murungi -- Pt. II. Interrogating NGO Mandates: Gender, Sexuality, and ESC Rights -- Ch. 3. Law, Sexuality, and Politics in Uganda: Challenges for Women's Human Rights NGOs / Sylvia Tamale -- Ch. 4. NGO Struggles for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in UTAKE: A Ugandan Perspective / Joe Oloka-Onyango -- Ch. 5. Feminist Masculinity: Advocacy for Gender Equality and Equity / Willy Mutunga -- Ch. 6. Women's Advocacy: Engendering and Reconstituting the Kenyan State / Jacinta K. Muteshi -- Pt. III. Donors and. Grantees: Convergences and Divergences -- Ch. 7. Donors and Human Rights NGOs in East Africa: Challenges and Opportunities / Connie Ngondi-Houghton -- Ch. 8. Contradictions in Neoliberalism: Donors, Human Rights NGOs, and Governance in Kenya / Karuti Kanyinga -- Pt. IV. State/Civil Society Relations -- Ch. 9. State and Civil Society Relations: Constructing Human Rights Groups for Social Change / Livingstone Sewanyana -- Ch. 10. Governance and Democracy in Kenya: Challenges for Human Rights NGOs / J. Wanjiku Miano -- Pt. V. NGO Institutional Case Studies -- Ch. 11. The African Women's Development and Communication Network: Pan-African Organizing in Human Rights / L. Muthoni Wanyeki -- Ch. 12. Social Transformation in Uganda: A Study of Grassroots NGOs / Dani W. Nabudere -- Pt. VI. South/South and North/South NGO Relations -- Ch. 13. The Death Penalty in East Africa: Law and Transnational Advocacy / Margaret A. Burnham -- Ch. 14. 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-365) and index.

Introduction / Makau Mutua -- Pt. I. Defining Challenges to Civil Society in East Africa -- Ch. 1. Human Rights NGOs in East Africa: Defining the Challenges / Makau Mutua -- Ch. 2. To Whom, for What, and About What? The Legitimacy of Human Rights NGOs in Kenya / Betty K. Murungi -- Pt. II. Interrogating NGO Mandates: Gender, Sexuality, and ESC Rights -- Ch. 3. Law, Sexuality, and Politics in Uganda: Challenges for Women's Human Rights NGOs / Sylvia Tamale -- Ch. 4. NGO Struggles for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in UTAKE: A Ugandan Perspective / Joe Oloka-Onyango -- Ch. 5. Feminist Masculinity: Advocacy for Gender Equality and Equity / Willy Mutunga -- Ch. 6. Women's Advocacy: Engendering and Reconstituting the Kenyan State / Jacinta K. Muteshi -- Pt. III. Donors and. Grantees: Convergences and Divergences -- Ch. 7. Donors and Human Rights NGOs in East Africa: Challenges and Opportunities / Connie Ngondi-Houghton -- Ch. 8. Contradictions in Neoliberalism: Donors, Human Rights NGOs, and Governance in Kenya / Karuti Kanyinga -- Pt. IV. State/Civil Society Relations -- Ch. 9. State and Civil Society Relations: Constructing Human Rights Groups for Social Change / Livingstone Sewanyana -- Ch. 10. Governance and Democracy in Kenya: Challenges for Human Rights NGOs / J. Wanjiku Miano -- Pt. V. NGO Institutional Case Studies -- Ch. 11. The African Women's Development and Communication Network: Pan-African Organizing in Human Rights / L. Muthoni Wanyeki -- Ch. 12. Social Transformation in Uganda: A Study of Grassroots NGOs / Dani W. Nabudere -- Pt. VI. South/South and North/South NGO Relations -- Ch. 13. The Death Penalty in East Africa: Law and Transnational Advocacy / Margaret A. Burnham -- Ch. 14. 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.

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