Philip Aka

Human Rights in Nigeria's External Relations

Building the Record of a Moral Superpower

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Produktbeschreibung

Nigeria is known as the â giant of Africaâ because of its natural and human resources, but it remains unstable because of human rights violations. This book is an argument for the application of human rights in Nigeriaâ s external relations, complete with a set of human rightsâ sensitive strategies for achieving that application.

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Produktdetails

• African Governance, Development, and Leadership
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 632g
• ISBN-13: 9781498533553
• ISBN-10: 1498533558
• Artikelnr.: 45804407

Autorenporträt

Philip C. Aka is professor of political science at Chicago State University and adjunct professor of law at the Robert H. McKinney School of Law at Indianapolis.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction Part I: Starting Points Chapter 2: Conceptual
Framework Chapter 3: Theoretical Framework Chapter 4: Activities that Shape
the Current Patterns of Politics: Historical Backdrop on Human Rights in
Nigeria's External Relations Part II: Temple of Nigeria's Human Rights
Foreign Policy (Six Key Issues Relating to the Application of Human Rights
in Nigeria's Foreign Policy) Chapter 5: Reconstructing Nigeria's National
Interest in a More Human Rights-Sensitive Direction Chapter 6: Charity
Begins at Home: Increased Respect for Human Rights in Nigeria Chapter 7:
Redesigning Peacekeeping to Make it More Human Rights-Compliant Chapter 8:
Reshaping Nigeria's Foreign Policy Machinery in a More Human
Rights-Sensitive Direction Chapter 9: The Need for More Symmetry Between
Multilateral and Bilateral Activities in Nigeria's External Relations
Chapter 10: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and
Human Rights in Nigeria's External Relations Part III: Conclusions Chapter
11: Enacting Serious Reforms at Home and Abroad Chapter 12: But So What?
Two Objections to the Argument in this Work and Two Rebuttals to Those
Objections References Appendix I: Biblical Passages Related to Human Rights
Appendix II: Maps