Africa, Human Rights, and the Global System: The Political Economy of Human Rights in a Changing World (Studies in Human Rights) [Hardcover]

Eileen McCarthy-Arnolds (Editor), David R. Penna (Editor), Debra Joy Cruz Sobrepena (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 30, 1993 | ISBN-10: 0313290075 | ISBN-13: 978-0313290077

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.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“I am certain that this book will be welcomed by countless political dissidents and concerned Africans who have long complained that their own opinions and the humanity of the dispossessed African majority have been marginal to the Western debate and politics of human rights.”–The International Journal of African Historical Studies

About the Author

EILEEN McCARTHY-ARNOLDS is Assistant Editor ofAfrica 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.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Greenwood Press (December 30, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0313290075
• ISBN-13: 978-0313290077
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,920,583 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)