Description
| Product ID: | 9781837720668 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | International Law |
| Title: | International Human Rights in Post-Colonial Africa |
| Subtitle: | Universality in Perspective |
| Authors: | Author: Santino Ayuel Longar Dau |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Colonialism and imperialism, Colonialism & imperialism, Violence and abuse in society, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, Human rights, civil rights, Civics and citizenship, Violence in society, Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship, Human rights, Civil rights & citizenship, Africa |
| Description: | This study advances three interrelated claims for international human rights standards (IHRS). First, that post-colonial African societies are bureaucratic modern states and capitalist societies to which IHRS are suitable for application, pursuant to the Modified Modernisation Theory. The sweeping vicissitudes that have taken place in post-colonial Africa since colonial eras necessitate a paradigm shift: we must change our assumptions about the structural and socio-politico-economic systems of post-colonial Africa and their impact on individual and group rights. Second, that extant pleadings for cultural relativism in post-colonial Africa are fixated on reified assumptions about the minimal role of the individual. Today, however, every state relies on its individual subjects for its institutional and socio-politico-economic development, just as every individual relies on the state for a more secure, fulfilling and dignified human existence. Finally, the book advances legal and moral justifications for the universality of human rights standards, notwithstanding global cultural heterogeneity. |
| Imprint Name: | University of Wales Press |
| Publisher Name: | University of Wales Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-01-15 |
