Governance, institutions, and the human condition / / editors, Elizabeth W. Gachenga [and three others]

• Pubblicazione: Nairobi, Kenya ; ; Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania ; ; Kampala, Uganda : , : LawAfrica : , : Strathmore University, , 2009; ©2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (373 p.)
• Disciplina: 967.62
• Soggetto topico: Education - Kenya; Land tenure - Kenya
• Soggetto geografico: Kenya Politics and government Congresses
• Persona (resp. second.): GachengaElizabeth W.
• Note generali: "Strathmore University organised the Fifth Annual Ethics Conference"--P. [4] of cover.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Dedication; Contributors; Acknowledgements; In Memory of Professor H W O Okoth-Ogendo; Introduction; PART I: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW; CREATING A NEW CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER: KENYA'S PREDICAMENT; I. PROMISE OF THE CONSTITUTION; II. PROCESS FOR AND DRAFT OF THE BOMAS CONSTITUTION; III. CONSTITUTIONALISM AND CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER; IV. OBSTACLES TO ESTABLISHING CONSTITUTIONALISM; V. KENYA'S EXPERIENCE; VI. ESTABLISHING CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER; COURTS AND WRITTEN CONSTITUTIONS: RESPECTING THE WRITTEN TEXT; PART II: AFRICAN INSTITUTIONS AND IDEALS ; WHY IS POST-COLONIAL AFRICA SO CRUEL? AND WHY ARE WE SO SILENT?PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF GOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONS; I. FEDERALISM AND THE COMMON GOOD; II. GOVERNANCE WITHOUT COMMUNITIES; III. INSTITUTIONS AND PERSONS; IV. FEDERALISM AND DEMOCRACY; V. CONCLUSION; ETHICS OF THE RULE OF LAW: IMPUNITY, PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF JUSTICE AND GOVERNANCE IN KENYA; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE RULE OF LAW, ETHICS AND GOVERNANCE; III. LAW, PERCEPTIONS OF JUSTICE AND GOVERNANCE; IV. MAKING LAW PROMISE JUSTICE; V. CONCLUSION ; THE USE OF TRADITIONAL CONFLICT MANAGEMENT METHODS IN THE NATION-STATE CONFLICT IN AFRICAI. INTRODUCTION; II. ETHNIC CONFLICT; III. UNDERLYING CAUSES OF ETHNIC CONFLICT; IV. ETHNIC CONFLICT REGULATION; V. MODERN ETHNIC CONFLICT MANAGEMENT MECHANISMS; VI. TRADITIONAL MECHANISMS FOR CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; VII. CASE STUDY OF SOMALILAND; VIII. CONCLUSION; PART III: EDUCATION; SOMETHING IS ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF KENYA; I. TRUE EDUCATION VERSUS SCHOOLING; II. THE MANY FACES OF VALUE EDUCATION; III. FIRST SCHOOL, FIRST TEACHERS OF VALUES; IV. VALUE EDUCATION IN KENYAN SCHOOLS ; V. SIGNS OF MORAL DECAY OR ROT IN KENYA TODAYVI. WHERE DID THE RAIN START BEATING US? WHAT ARE WE DOING WRONG?; VII. CONCLUSION; EDUCATION AND THE PROBLEM OF MORAL VALUES: THE CASE OF KENYA; I. THE STATE OF MORAL VALUES IN KENYAN SOCIETY: AN OVERVIEW; II. MORAL VALUES IN EDUCATION: TRADITIONAL AFRICAN EDUCATION VERSUS PRESENT AFRICAN SCHOOLING; III. THE IDEA OF AN EDUCATED PERSON; IV. 'QUALITY EDUCATION' REQUIRES 'LIBERAL LEARNING' IN THE CURRICULUM; V. CONCLUSION; THE IMPACT OF CONFLICT ON LEARNING IN NORTHERN UGANDA AND RWANDA; I. INTRODUCTION; II. BUILDING THE FUTURE ON THE PAST ; III. SCHOOL: BARRACKS OR HOME?IV. ARUA, WEST NILE; V. LIRA, NORTHERN UGANDA; VI. GULU: TWENTY YEARS OF TRAUMA; VII. RWANDA; VIII. CONCLUSION; ADDRESSING HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: THE EXPERIENCE OF STRATHMORE UNIVERSITY; I. INTRODUCTION; II. CONCLUSION; PART IV: LAND; THE LAND QUESTION IN KENYA: LEGAL AND ETHICAL DIMENSIONS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY MANIFESTATIONS OF THE LAND QUESTION; III. LEGAL AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF THE LAND QUESTION(S); IV. TEMPERING LEGALITY WITH ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS: THE NATIONAL LAND POLICY PROPOSALS; V. CONCLUSION AND WAY FORWARD ; LANDHOLDING AND ETHICS: CRITICAL ISSUES FOR KENYA'S RURAL ECONOMY
• Titolo autorizzato: Governance, institutions, and the human condition
• ISBN: 9966-031-73-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788144303321
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