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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787870403321

Autore

Udogu E. Ike

Titolo

Examining human rights issues and the democracy project in Sub-Saharan Africa : a theoretical critique and prospects for progress in the millenium / / E. Ike Udogu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7391-8696-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 p.)

Disciplina

323.096

Soggetti

Human rights - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Democracy - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Africa, Sub-Saharan Politics and government 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Africa in Search of Identity in Human Rights and Democratic Principles: A Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter 01. General Introduction; Chapter 02. South Africa; Chapter 03. Kenya; Chapter 04. Ethiopia; Chapter 05. Mozambique; Chapter 06. Liberia; Chapter 07 Nigeria; Chapter 08. Human Rights and the Democracy Project; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This book emphasizes the symbiotic relation between the practice of human rights and democracy. In short, human rights practice furthers democracy, and the successful implementation of both promotes stability and economic development necessary for the prospects for progress in the sub-Saharan region of Africa in the twenty-first century.