The politics of being non-political: Human rights organizations and the creation of a positive human rights culture in Uganda

Human Rights Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 482-509

  Dicklitch, Susan ^a   Lwanga, Doreen ^b  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; HUMAN RIGHTS; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLITICAL PROCESS;

EID: 0038316396     PISSN: 02750392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hrq.2003.0015     Document Type: Article

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