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<p>Changes in human rights environments in Africa over the past decade have been facilitated by astounding political transformations: the rise of mass movements and revolts driven by democratic and developmentalist ideals, as well as mass murder and poverty perpetuated by desperate regimes and discredited global agencies.</p><p><i>Human Rights, the Rule of Law, and Development in Africa</i> seeks to make sense of human rights in Africa through the lens of its triumphs and tragedies, its uneven developments and complex demands. The volume makes a significant contribution to the debate about the connections between the protection of human rights and the pursuit of economic development by interrogating the paradigms, politics, and practices of human rights in Africa. Throughout, the essays emphasize that democratic and human rights regimes are products of concrete social struggles, not simply textual or legal discourses.</p><p>Including some of Africa's leading scholars, jurists, and human rights activists, contributors to the volume diverge from Western theories of African democratization by rejecting the continental view of an Africa blighted by failure, disease, and economic malais

Author

Paul Zeleza; Paul Tiyambe Zeleza; Philip J McConnaughay

Publisher

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780812237832

Subjects

Political Science, Law, Social_sciences

Updated

2026-03-24