Celestine Nyamu‐musembi
Biographic Data
| ID | 3447282 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Celestine Nyamu‐musembi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Celestine |
| FAMILY NAME | Nyamu‐musembi |
| SIGNATURE | MUSEMBI C N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Development Studies |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 131 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Ruling out Gender Equality? The Post-Cold War rule of law agenda in Sub-Saharan Africa
The post-cold war rule of law agenda in sub-Saharan Africa has not translated into reforms that enhance gender equality. The focus of reform efforts has reflected a post-cold war emphasis on creating a suitable legal and institutional environment for the market. In this climate any gains for gender equality have been limited and hard won. The main shortcomings are: gains in constitutional rights have had limited practical reach; official discussi…
An Actor-oriented Approach to Rights in Development
Rights are shaped through actual struggles informed by people’s own understandings of to what they are justly entitled. Looking for the meaning of rights from the perspective of those claiming them
Why Rights, Why Now? Reflections on the Rise of Rights in International Development Discourse
Defining Rights from the Roots
Putting the 'rights-based approach' to development into perspective
This paper seeks to unravel some of the tangled threads of contemporary rights talk. For some, the grounding of rights-based approaches in human rights legislation makes them distinctively different to others, lending the promise of re-politicising areas of development work-particularly, perhaps, efforts to enhance participation in development, that have become domesticated as they have been 'mainstreamed' by powerful institutions like the World …
Putting the 'rights-based approach' to development into perspective
This paper seeks to unravel some of the tangled threads of contemporary rights talk. For some, the grounding of rights-based approaches in human rights legislation makes them distinctively different to others, lending the promise of re-politicising areas of development work-particularly, perhaps, efforts to enhance participation in development, that have become domesticated as they have been 'mainstreamed' by powerful institutions like the World …
Ruling out Gender Equality? The Post-Cold War rule of law agenda in Sub-Saharan Africa
The post-cold war rule of law agenda in sub-Saharan Africa has not translated into reforms that enhance gender equality. The focus of reform efforts has reflected a post-cold war emphasis on creating a suitable legal and institutional environment for the market. In this climate any gains for gender equality have been limited and hard won. The main shortcomings are: gains in constitutional rights have had limited practical reach; official discussi…
An Actor-oriented Approach to Rights in Development
Rights are shaped through actual struggles informed by people’s own understandings of to what they are justly entitled. Looking for the meaning of rights from the perspective of those claiming them
Why Rights, Why Now? Reflections on the Rise of Rights in International Development Discourse
Defining Rights from the Roots
Putting the 'rights-based approach' to development into perspective
This paper seeks to unravel some of the tangled threads of contemporary rights talk. For some, the grounding of rights-based approaches in human rights legislation makes them distinctively different to others, lending the promise of re-politicising areas of development work-particularly, perhaps, efforts to enhance participation in development, that have become domesticated as they have been 'mainstreamed' by powerful institutions like the World …
An Actor-oriented Approach to Rights in Development
Rights are shaped through actual struggles informed by people’s own understandings of to what they are justly entitled. Looking for the meaning of rights from the perspective of those claiming them
Why Rights, Why Now? Reflections on the Rise of Rights in International Development Discourse
Defining Rights from the Roots
Ruling out Gender Equality? The Post-Cold War rule of law agenda in Sub-Saharan Africa
The post-cold war rule of law agenda in sub-Saharan Africa has not translated into reforms that enhance gender equality. The focus of reform efforts has reflected a post-cold war emphasis on creating a suitable legal and institutional environment for the market. In this climate any gains for gender equality have been limited and hard won. The main shortcomings are: gains in constitutional rights have had limited practical reach; official discussi…
Human Rights and Development (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Commons (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (2 works) · Human rights (2 works) · International Development and Aid (2 works)