The concept of human rights in Africa /

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Shivji, Issa G.
Imprint:London : Codesria Book Series, 1989.
Description:1 online resource (viii, 126 pages).
Language:English
Series:Codesria book series
Codesria book series.
Subject:Human rights -- Africa.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) -- Afrique.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
Human rights.
Menschenrecht
Africa.
Afrika
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11125292
Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:9782869784215
286978421X
1870784030
9781870784030
1870784022
9781870784023
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Restrictions unspecified
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Print version record.
Summary:Hitherto the human rights debate in Africa has concentrated on the legal and philosophical. The author, Professor of Law at the University of Dar es Salaam, here moves the debate to the social and political planes. He attempts to reconceptualise human rights ideology from the standpoint of the working people in Africa. He defines the approach as avoiding the pitfalls of the liberal perspective as being absolutist in viewing human rights as a central question and the rights struggle as the backbone of democratic struggles. The author maintains that such a study cannot be politically neutral or intellectually uncommitted. Both the critique of dominant discourse and the reconceptualisation are located within the current social science and jurisprudential debates.
Other form:Print version: Shivji, Issa G. Concept of human rights in Africa. London : Codesria Book Series, 1989 1870784030
LEADER 03910cam a2200661Ka 4500
001 11125292
005 20210426224150.1
006 m o d
007 cr cnu---unuuu
008 120221s1989 enk ob 001 0 eng d
019 |a 988371146  |a 1047690717  |a 1097560190  |a 1178539464 
020 |a 9782869784215  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 286978421X  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |z 1870784030 
020 |z 9781870784030 
020 |z 1870784022 
020 |z 9781870784023 
035 |a (OCoLC)777577797  |z (OCoLC)988371146  |z (OCoLC)1047690717  |z (OCoLC)1097560190  |z (OCoLC)1178539464 
040 |a N$T  |b eng  |e pn  |c N$T  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCF  |d P@U  |d OCLCO  |d YDXCP  |d OCLCQ  |d OCL  |d OCLCQ  |d LTP  |d OCLCE  |d OCLCO  |d OCL  |d OCLCQ  |d VNS  |d VTS  |d AGLDB  |d S9I  |d OCLCA  |d REC  |d M8D  |d UKAHL  |d AJS 
042 |a dlr 
043 |a f------ 
049 |a MAIN 
050 4 |a JC599.A36  |b S53 1989eb 
072 7 |a POL  |x 004000  |2 bisacsh 
072 7 |a POL  |x 035010  |2 bisacsh 
084 |a MI 10065  |2 rvk 
100 1 |a Shivji, Issa G.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85042819 
245 1 4 |a The concept of human rights in Africa /  |c Issa G. Shivji. 
260 |a London :  |b Codesria Book Series,  |c 1989. 
300 |a 1 online resource (viii, 126 pages). 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
347 |a data file  |2 rda 
490 1 |a Codesria book series 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
588 0 |a Print version record. 
520 |a Hitherto the human rights debate in Africa has concentrated on the legal and philosophical. The author, Professor of Law at the University of Dar es Salaam, here moves the debate to the social and political planes. He attempts to reconceptualise human rights ideology from the standpoint of the working people in Africa. He defines the approach as avoiding the pitfalls of the liberal perspective as being absolutist in viewing human rights as a central question and the rights struggle as the backbone of democratic struggles. The author maintains that such a study cannot be politically neutral or intellectually uncommitted. Both the critique of dominant discourse and the reconceptualisation are located within the current social science and jurisprudential debates. 
506 |3 Use copy  |f Restrictions unspecified  |2 star  |5 MiAaHDL 
533 |a Electronic reproduction.  |b [S.l.] :  |c HathiTrust Digital Library,  |d 2011.  |5 MiAaHDL 
538 |a Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.  |u http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212  |5 MiAaHDL 
583 1 |a digitized  |c 2011  |h HathiTrust Digital Library  |l committed to preserve  |2 pda  |5 MiAaHDL 
650 0 |a Human rights  |z Africa. 
650 6 |a Droits de l'homme (Droit international)  |z Afrique. 
650 7 |a POLITICAL SCIENCE  |x Political Freedom & Security  |x Civil Rights.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a POLITICAL SCIENCE  |x Political Freedom & Security  |x Human Rights.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a Human rights.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00963285 
650 7 |a Menschenrecht  |2 gnd 
651 7 |a Africa.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01239509 
651 7 |a Afrika  |2 gnd 
655 0 |a Electronic books. 
655 4 |a Electronic books. 
776 0 8 |i Print version:  |a Shivji, Issa G.  |t Concept of human rights in Africa.  |d London : Codesria Book Series, 1989  |z 1870784030  |w (DLC) 92121550  |w (OCoLC)22586786 
830 0 |a Codesria book series.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n42007400 
903 |a HeVa 
929 |a oclccm 
999 f f |i 20b1e06e-334a-52f9-a292-7e88dbf6d9fa  |s 853f5bbf-d247-5aaa-afde-5e35c7a152ca 
928 |t Library of Congress classification  |a JC599.A36 S53 1989eb  |l Online  |c UC-FullText  |u https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=410711  |z eBooks on EBSCOhost  |g ebooks  |i 12364378