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Constitutions and the Dialectics of Human Rights in Malawi and Kenya

Constitutions and the Dialectics of Human Rights in Malawi and Kenya

Sahle, Eunice N.

Hardcover

Series: Critical Human Rights

General Political ScienceSocial Movements

PREORDER - Expected ship date October 27, 2026

ISBN10: 0299356701
ISBN13: 9780299356705
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: Oct 27 2026
Pages: 356
Language: English

As in many other countries, the protection of human rights and other practices of constitutionalism remains uneven in Malawi and Kenya. In this book, Eunice N. Sahle argues that the adoption in 1994 and 2010 in Malawi and Kenya, respectively, of new constitutional frameworks, which have the markings of critical constitutional events, provided significant openings for the promotion of human rights. Nonetheless, the emergence of such opportunities does not mean that the protection of human rights is automatic. Sahle zeroes in on the tension between the possibilities of human rights promotion on one hand, and the historical and contemporary factors influencing that process on the other. In that regard, her analysis shows the importance and limits of transformative constitutional frameworks as tools for social change. Further, by focusing on the promotion of human rights by a diverse range of social actors--individuals, civil society, organizations, and public institutions--she demonstrates the need to broaden who counts as an agent of human rights and to go beyond a strictly state-centric approach.

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