Human rights NGOs in East Africa
Subtitle: political and normative tensions
By: edited by Makau Mutua.
Contributors: Mutua, Makau.
Series: Pennsylvania studies in human rights
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9780812220490
Subjects: Human rights -- Africa, Eastern; Democratization -- Africa, Eastern; Non-governmental organizations -- Africa, Eastern; Civil society -- Africa, Eastern; Democracy -- Africa, Eastern; Africa, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1960-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Human rights NGOs in East Africa : defining the challenges / Makau Mutua; title: To whom, for what, and about what? The legitimacy of human rights NGOs in Kenya / Betty K. Murungi; title: Law, sexuality, and politics in Uganda : challenges for women's human rights NGOs / Sylvia Tamale; title: NGO struggles for economic, social, and cultural rights in Utake : a Ugandan perspective / Joe Oloka-Onyango; title: Feminist masculinity : advocacy for gender equality and equity / Willy Mutunga; title: Women's advocacy : engendering and reconstituting the Kenyan state / Jacinta K. Muteshi; title: Donors and human rights NGOs in East Africa : challenges and opportunities / Connie Ngondi-Houghton; title: Contradictions in neoliberalism : donors, human rights NGOs, and governance in Kenya / Karuti Kanyinga; title: State and civil society relations : constructing human rights groups for social change / Livingstone Sewanyana; title: Governance and democracy in Kenya : challenges for human rights NGOs / J. Wanjiku Miano; title: The African women's development and communication network : Pan-African  organizing in human rights / L. Muthoni Wanyeki; title: Social transformation in Uganda : a study of grassroots NGOs / Dani W. Nabudere; title: The death penalty in East Africa : law and transnational advocacy / Margaret A. Burnham; title: Democracy organizations in political transitions : IDASA and the new South Africa / Shaila Gupta and Alycia Kellman; title: Conclusion : coming of age : NGOs and state accountability in East Africa / Chris Maina Peter.