Human Rights NGO's in East Africa : Political and Normative Tensions / / Makau Mutua |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (399 p.) |
Disciplina | 323.06/0676 |
Collana | Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights |
Soggetto topico |
Democracy - Africa, Eastern
Civil society - Africa, Eastern Non-governmental organizations - Africa, Eastern Democratization - Africa, Eastern Human rights - Africa, Eastern |
Soggetto non controllato |
African Studies Asian Studies Human Rights Law Middle Eastern Studies Political Science |
ISBN | 0-8122-0393-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction / Mutua, Makau -- PART I. Defining Challenges to Civil Society in East Africa -- CHAPTER ONE. Human Rights NGOs in East Africa: Defining the Challenges / Mutua, Makau -- CHAPTER TWO. To Whom, for What, and About What? The Legitimacy of Human Rights NGOs in Kenya / Murungi, Betty K. -- PART II. Interrogating NGO Mandates: Gender, Sexuality, and ESC Rights -- CHAPTER THREE. Law, Sexuality, and Politics in Uganda: Challenges for Women's Human Rights NGOs / Tamale, Sylvia -- CHAPTER FOUR. NGO Struggles for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in UTAKE: A Ugandan Perspective / Oloka-Onyango, Joe -- CHAPTER FIVE. Feminist Masculinity: Advocacy for Gender Equality and Equity / Mutunga, Willy -- CHAPTER SIX. Women's Advocacy: Engendering and Reconstituting the Kenyan State / Muteshi, Jacinta K. -- PART III. Donors and Grantees: Convergences and Divergences -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Donors and Human Rights NGOs in East Africa: Challenges and Opportunities / Ngondi-Houghton, Connie -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Contradictions in Neoliberalism: Donors, Human Rights NGOs, and Governance in Kenya / Kanyinga, Karuti -- PART IV. State/Civil Society Relations -- CHAPTER NINE. State and Civil Society Relations: Constructing Human Rights Groups for Social Change / Sewanyana, Livingstone -- CHAPTER TEN. Governance and Democracy in Kenya: Challenges for Human Rights NGOs / Miano, J. Wanjiku -- PART FIVE. NGO Institutional Case Studies -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Mrican Women's Development and Communication Network: Pan-Mrican Organizing in Human Rights / Wanyeki, L. Muthoni -- CHAPTER TWELVE. Social Transformation in Uganda: A Study of Grassroots NGOs / Nabudere, Dani W. -- PART VI. South/South and North/South NGO Relations -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN. The Death Penalty in East Africa: Law and Transnational Advocacy / Burnham, Margaret A. -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Democracy Organizations in Political Transitions: IDASA and the New South Africa / Gupta, Shaila / Kellman, Alycia -- Conclusion: Coming of Age: NGOs and State Accountability in East Mrica / Peter, Chris Maina -- NOTES -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2013] | ||
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Human rights, the rule of law, and development in Africa [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Paul Tiyambe Zeleza and Philip J. McConnaughay |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia [Pa.], : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (309 p.) |
Disciplina | 323/.096 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ZelezaTiyambe <1955->
McConnaughayPhilip J |
Collana | Pennsylvania studies in human rights |
Soggetto topico |
Human rights - Africa
Democratization - Africa |
Soggetto non controllato |
African Studies
African-American Studies Asian Studies Business Economics Human Rights Law Middle Eastern Studies |
ISBN |
1-283-21223-4
9786613212238 0-8122-0451-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Universalism and relativism in human rights discourse -- pt. 2. The economic and political dimensions of human rights -- pt. 3. NGOs and struggles for human rights. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781880603321 |
Philadelphia [Pa.], : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2004 | ||
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Ideas of Chinese gardens : Western accounts, 1300-1860 / / edited by Bianca Maria Rinaldi |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
Disciplina | 712/.60951 |
Collana | Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture |
Soggetto topico |
Gardens, Chinese - China - History
Gardens - China - History Landscape architecture - China - History Aesthetics, Oriental Voyages and travels - History Travelers' writings - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
African Studies
Architecture Asian Studies Cultural Studies Fine Art Garden History Literature Middle Eastern Studies |
ISBN | 0-8122-9208-1 |
Classificazione | LO 89425 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Marco Polo (c. 1254–1324) -- Chapter 2. Matteo Ricci (1552–1610) -- Chapter 3. Álvaro Semedo (1585/1586–1658) -- Chapter 4. Johannes Nieuhof (1618–72) -- Chapter 5. Jean-François Gerbillon (1654–1707) -- Chapter 6. Louis Le Comte (1655–1728) -- Chapter 7. Jean-François Gerbillon (1654–1707) -- Chapter 8. Matteo Ripa (1682–1746) -- Chapter 9. Jean-Denis Attiret (1702–68) -- Chapter 10. William Chambers (1723–96) -- Chapter 11. Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (1718–93) -- Chapter 12. John Bell (1691–1763) -- Chapter 13. Michel Benoist (1715–74) -- Chapter 14. François Bourgeois (1723–92) -- Chapter 15. Carl Gustav Ekeberg (1716–84) -- Chapter 16. Pierre-Martial Cibot (1727–80) -- Chapter 17. Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (1718–93) or Pierre-Martial Cibot (1727–80) -- Chapter 18. Pierre-Martial Cibot (1727–80) -- Chapter 19. Pierre-Martial Cibot (1727–80) -- Chapter 20. George Leonard Staunton (1737–1801) -- Chapter 21. André Everard van Braam Houckgeest (1739–1801) -- Chapter 22. John Barrow (1764–1848) -- Chapter 23. George Macartney (1737–1806) -- Chapter 24. Chrétien-Louis-Joseph de Guignes (1759–1845) -- Chapter 25. Félix Renouard de Sainte-Croix (1767–1840) -- Chapter 26. Peter Dobell (1772–1852) -- Chapter 27. James Main (c. 1765–1846) -- Chapter 28. John Francis Davis (1795–1890) -- Chapter 29. Robert Fortune (1813–80) -- Chapter 30. Osmond Tiffany, Jr. (1823–95) -- Chapter 31. Henry Charles Sirr (1807–72) -- Chapter 32. Robert Fortune (1813–80) -- Chapter 33. Charles Taylor (1819–97) -- Chapter 34. Robert Swinhoe (1836–77) -- Chapter 35. Garnet Joseph Wolseley (1833–1913) -- Appendix. William Chambers (1723–96) -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797714403321 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ideas of Chinese gardens : Western accounts, 1300-1860 / / edited by Bianca Maria Rinaldi |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
Disciplina | 712/.60951 |
Collana | Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture |
Soggetto topico |
Gardens, Chinese - China - History
Gardens - China - History Landscape architecture - China - History Aesthetics, Oriental Voyages and travels - History Travelers' writings - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
African Studies
Architecture Asian Studies Cultural Studies Fine Art Garden History Literature Middle Eastern Studies |
ISBN | 0-8122-9208-1 |
Classificazione | LO 89425 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Marco Polo (c. 1254–1324) -- Chapter 2. Matteo Ricci (1552–1610) -- Chapter 3. Álvaro Semedo (1585/1586–1658) -- Chapter 4. Johannes Nieuhof (1618–72) -- Chapter 5. Jean-François Gerbillon (1654–1707) -- Chapter 6. Louis Le Comte (1655–1728) -- Chapter 7. Jean-François Gerbillon (1654–1707) -- Chapter 8. Matteo Ripa (1682–1746) -- Chapter 9. Jean-Denis Attiret (1702–68) -- Chapter 10. William Chambers (1723–96) -- Chapter 11. Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (1718–93) -- Chapter 12. John Bell (1691–1763) -- Chapter 13. Michel Benoist (1715–74) -- Chapter 14. François Bourgeois (1723–92) -- Chapter 15. Carl Gustav Ekeberg (1716–84) -- Chapter 16. Pierre-Martial Cibot (1727–80) -- Chapter 17. Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (1718–93) or Pierre-Martial Cibot (1727–80) -- Chapter 18. Pierre-Martial Cibot (1727–80) -- Chapter 19. Pierre-Martial Cibot (1727–80) -- Chapter 20. George Leonard Staunton (1737–1801) -- Chapter 21. André Everard van Braam Houckgeest (1739–1801) -- Chapter 22. John Barrow (1764–1848) -- Chapter 23. George Macartney (1737–1806) -- Chapter 24. Chrétien-Louis-Joseph de Guignes (1759–1845) -- Chapter 25. Félix Renouard de Sainte-Croix (1767–1840) -- Chapter 26. Peter Dobell (1772–1852) -- Chapter 27. James Main (c. 1765–1846) -- Chapter 28. John Francis Davis (1795–1890) -- Chapter 29. Robert Fortune (1813–80) -- Chapter 30. Osmond Tiffany, Jr. (1823–95) -- Chapter 31. Henry Charles Sirr (1807–72) -- Chapter 32. Robert Fortune (1813–80) -- Chapter 33. Charles Taylor (1819–97) -- Chapter 34. Robert Swinhoe (1836–77) -- Chapter 35. Garnet Joseph Wolseley (1833–1913) -- Appendix. William Chambers (1723–96) -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825498403321 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2016 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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In my mother's house [[electronic resource] ] : civil war in Sri Lanka / / Sharika Thiranagama |
Autore | Thiranagama Sharika |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
Disciplina |
954.9303/2092
B |
Altri autori (Persone) | ObeyesekereGananath |
Collana | The Ethnography of Political Violence |
Soggetto topico |
Ethnic conflict - Sri Lanka
War and society - Sri Lanka Tamil (Indic people) - Sri Lanka - Politics and government |
Soggetto non controllato |
African Studies
Anthropology Asian Studies Biography Folklore Human Rights Law Linguistics Middle Eastern Studies |
ISBN |
1-283-89718-0
0-8122-0511-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Note on transliteration -- Foreword / Obeyesekere, Gananath -- Introduction: In My Mother's House -- Chapter one. Growing Up at War: Self-Formation, Individuality, and the LTTE -- Chapter two. The House of Secrets: Mothers, Daughters, and Inheritance -- Chapter three. From Muslims to Northern Muslims: Ethnicity, Eviction, and Displacement -- Chapter four. Becoming of This Place? Northern Muslim Futures After Eviction -- Chapter five. The Generation of Militancy: Gender Militancy, and Self-Transformation -- Chapter six. Conclusions from Tamil Colombo -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788583403321 |
Thiranagama Sharika | ||
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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In my mother's house [[electronic resource] ] : civil war in Sri Lanka / / Sharika Thiranagama |
Autore | Thiranagama Sharika |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
Disciplina |
954.9303/2092
B |
Altri autori (Persone) | ObeyesekereGananath |
Collana | The Ethnography of Political Violence |
Soggetto topico |
Ethnic conflict - Sri Lanka
War and society - Sri Lanka Tamil (Indic people) - Sri Lanka - Politics and government |
Soggetto non controllato |
African Studies
Anthropology Asian Studies Biography Folklore Human Rights Law Linguistics Middle Eastern Studies |
ISBN |
1-283-89718-0
0-8122-0511-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Note on transliteration -- Foreword / Obeyesekere, Gananath -- Introduction: In My Mother's House -- Chapter one. Growing Up at War: Self-Formation, Individuality, and the LTTE -- Chapter two. The House of Secrets: Mothers, Daughters, and Inheritance -- Chapter three. From Muslims to Northern Muslims: Ethnicity, Eviction, and Displacement -- Chapter four. Becoming of This Place? Northern Muslim Futures After Eviction -- Chapter five. The Generation of Militancy: Gender Militancy, and Self-Transformation -- Chapter six. Conclusions from Tamil Colombo -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809313203321 |
Thiranagama Sharika | ||
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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India in the Chinese imagination : myth, religion, and thought / / edited by John Kieschnick and Meir Shahar |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (316 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48/251054 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KieschnickJohn <1964->
ShaharMeir <1959-> |
Collana | Encounters with Asia |
Soggetto topico |
Buddhism - China
Civilization - Indic influences RELIGION / Comparative Religion |
Soggetto non controllato |
African Studies
Asian Studies European History History Middle Eastern Studies World History |
ISBN | 0-8122-0892-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Indian mythology the Chinese imagination -- pt. 2. India in Chinese imaginings of the past -- pt. 3. Chinese rethinking of Indian Buddhism. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789200303321 |
Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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India in the Chinese imagination : myth, religion, and thought / / edited by John Kieschnick and Meir Shahar |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (316 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48/251054 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KieschnickJohn <1964->
ShaharMeir <1959-> |
Collana | Encounters with Asia |
Soggetto topico |
Buddhism - China
Civilization - Indic influences RELIGION / Comparative Religion |
Soggetto non controllato |
African Studies
Asian Studies European History History Middle Eastern Studies World History |
ISBN | 0-8122-0892-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Indian mythology the Chinese imagination -- pt. 2. India in Chinese imaginings of the past -- pt. 3. Chinese rethinking of Indian Buddhism. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824494403321 |
Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Intellectual Property Rights in China / / Zhenqing Zhang |
Autore | Zhang Zhenqing |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (307 pages) |
Disciplina | 346.5104/8 |
Soggetto topico |
Intellectual property - Government policy - China
Intellectual property - Political aspects - China Intellectual property - Economic aspects - China Patent laws and legislation - China Copyright - China Trademarks - Law and legislation - China |
Soggetto non controllato |
Asian Studies
Business Economics Law Political Science Public Policy |
ISBN | 0-8122-9570-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Political Economy of Chinese Patent Legislation -- Chapter 2. The Implementation of Chinese Patent Policy -- Chapter 3. The Political Economy of Chinese Copyright Legislation -- Chapter 4. The Implementation of Chinese Copyright Policy -- Chapter 5. Chinese Trademark Legislation -- Chapter 6. The Implementation of Trademark Policy in China -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Interviews Cited -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793244103321 |
Zhang Zhenqing | ||
Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2018] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Intellectual Property Rights in China / / Zhenqing Zhang |
Autore | Zhang Zhenqing |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (307 pages) |
Disciplina | 346.5104/8 |
Soggetto topico |
Intellectual property - Government policy - China
Intellectual property - Political aspects - China Intellectual property - Economic aspects - China Patent laws and legislation - China Copyright - China Trademarks - Law and legislation - China |
Soggetto non controllato |
Asian Studies
Business Economics Law Political Science Public Policy |
ISBN | 0-8122-9570-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Political Economy of Chinese Patent Legislation -- Chapter 2. The Implementation of Chinese Patent Policy -- Chapter 3. The Political Economy of Chinese Copyright Legislation -- Chapter 4. The Implementation of Chinese Copyright Policy -- Chapter 5. Chinese Trademark Legislation -- Chapter 6. The Implementation of Trademark Policy in China -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Interviews Cited -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822930203321 |
Zhang Zhenqing | ||
Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2018] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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