Overview
- Combines contributions from emerging African and internationally recognized scholars in the field of international human rights law and democratic governance in Africa
- Contributes to the development of African scholarship and reinforces contemporary international discourse on good governance and human rights
- Analyzes human rights in Africa under four key imperatives: promotion, protection, respect and fulfilment
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Governance and Human Rights in the African Union
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Constitutional and Judicial Protection of Human Rights
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Civil Engagement in Governance and Human Rights
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Emerging Challenges in Governance and Human Rights In Africa
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Michael Gyan Nyarko is Litigation Coordinator and Researcher, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Elsabé Boshoff is Technical Assistant/Legal Officer at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Secretariat in Banjul, The Gambia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Governance, Human Rights, and Political Transformation in Africa
Editors: Michael Addaney, Michael Gyan Nyarko, Elsabé Boshoff
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27049-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-27048-3Published: 27 November 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-27051-3Published: 27 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-27049-0Published: 19 November 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 422
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: African Politics, Democracy, Governance and Government, Development and Post-Colonialism, Human Rights