{"product_id":"human-rights-ngos-in-east-africa-political-and-normative-tensions-pennsylvania-studies-in-human-rights-9780812241129","title":"Human Rights NGOs in East Africa Political and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHuman 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 the major challenges to human rights efforts in the countries of the region, other problems that are internal to the human rights movement are also of a serious nature, and they are many: What are the social bases of the human rights enterprise in transitional societies? What mandate can human rights NGOs claim, and in whose name do they operate?\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuman Rights NGOs in East Africa\u003c\/i\u003e critically explores the anatomy of the human rights movement in the East African region, examining its origins, challenges, and emergent themes in the con\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e —Makau Mutua\u003cbr\u003e PART I. DEFINING CHALLENGES TO CIVIL SOCIETY IN EAST AFRICA\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Human Rights NGOs in East Africa: Defining the Challenges\u003cbr\u003e —Makau Mutua\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. To Whom, for What, and About What? The Legitimacy of Human Rights NGOs in Kenya\u003cbr\u003e —Betty K. Murungi\u003cbr\u003e PART II. INTERROGATING NGO MANDATES: GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND ESC RIGHTS\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Law, Sexuality, and Politics in Uganda: Challenges for Women's Human Rights NGOs\u003cbr\u003e —Sylvia Tamale\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. NGO Struggles for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in UTAKE: A Ugandan Perspective\u003cbr\u003e —Joe Oloka-Onyango\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Feminist Masculinity: Advocacy for Gender Equality and Equity\u003cbr\u003e —Willy Mutunga\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Women's Advocacy: Engendering and Reconstituting the Kenyan State\u003cbr\u003e —Jacinta K. Muteshi\u003cbr\u003e PART III: DONORS AND GRANTEES: CONVERGENCES AND DIVERGENCES\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Donors and Human Rights NGOs in East Africa: Challenges and Opportunities\u003cbr\u003e —Connie Ngondi-Houghton\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Contradictions in Neoliberalism: Donors, Human Rights NGOs, and Governance in Kenya\u003cbr\u003e —Karuti Kanyinga\u003cbr\u003e PART IV STATE\/CIVIL SOCIETY RELATIONS\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. State and Civil Society Relations: Constructing Human Rights Groups for Social Change\u003cbr\u003e —Livingstone Sewanyana\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. Governance and Democracy in Kenya: Challenges for Human Rights NGOs\u003cbr\u003e —J. Wanjiku Miano\u003cbr\u003e PART V. NGO INSTITUTIONAL CASE STUDIES\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11. The African Women's Development and Communication Network: Pan-African Organizing in Human Rights\u003cbr\u003e —L. Muthoni Wanyeki\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12. Social Transformation in Uganda: A Study of Grassroots NGOs\u003cbr\u003e —Dani W. Nabudere\u003cbr\u003e PART VI. SOUTH\/SOUTH AND SOUTH\/NORTH NGO RELATIONS\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 13. The Death Penalty in East Africa: Law and Transnational Advocacy\u003cbr\u003e —Margaret A. Burnham\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 14. Democracy Organizations in Political Transitions: IDASA and the New South Africa\u003cbr\u003e —Shaila Gupta and Alycia Kellman\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Coming of Age: NGOs and State Accountability in East Africa\u003cbr\u003e —Chris Maina Peter\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405714366807,"sku":"9780812241129","price":59.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812241129.jpg?v=1730493376","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/human-rights-ngos-in-east-africa-political-and-normative-tensions-pennsylvania-studies-in-human-rights-9780812241129","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}