Africa, Human Rights, and the Global System: The Political Economy of Human Rights in a Changing World

Eileen Mccarthy-Arnolds

ISBN 10: 0313290075 / ISBN 13: 9780313290077

Published by ABC-CLIO, 1993

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Africa, Human Rights, and the Global System: The Political Economy of Human Rights in a Changing World
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0313290075
• ISBN 13: 9780313290077
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 665 grams

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Synopsis

This book brings together African and American scholars on human rights and Africa, who look at the broad issues relating to global human rights within the specific context of Africa. The key concerns addressed include notions of traditional human rights, structural adjustment and its effect on human rights, regional integration and the right to development, and political liberalization.

In addition to broad themes, the collection looks at instances of human rights concerns in specific states including Liberia (humanitarian intervention), Ghana, Nigeria, and Kenya (political liberalization and structural adjustment), Ethiopia (humanitarian assistance), Botswana (traditional human rights formulations), and South Africa (liberation struggle). The volume will be of particular interest to political scientists and legal scholars involved with current African issues as well as human rights organizations and church groups focusing on Africa.

About the Author

EILEEN McCARTHY-ARNOLDS is Assistant Editor of Africa Today, and a research fellow at the Center on Rights Development, University of Denver.

DAVID R. PENNA is Associate Editor of Africa Today, and the Editor, with George W. Sheperd, of Racism and the Underclass (Greenwood Press, 1991).

DEBRA JOY CRUZ SOBREPENA is Editor of Global Justice.