Prisoners of Freedom : Human Rights and the African Poor
Harri. Englund
Bok Engelsk 2006 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Berkeley : : University of California Press, , 2006.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (260 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Situation of Human Rights: Debating Governance and Freedom; 2. Rights as Freedoms: Translating Human Rights; 3. The Hidden Lessons of Civic Education: Training the Torchbearers; 4. Watchdogs Unleashed?: Encountering "the Grassroots"; 5. Legal Aid for Abused Labor: Individualizing Grievances; 6. Crimes of Exploitation: Dehumanizing a Lorry Boy; 7. Human Rights and Moral Panics: Listening to Popular Grievances; 8. Redeeming Freedom; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. - In this vivid ethnography, Harri Englund investigates how ideas of freedom impede struggles against poverty and injustice in emerging democracies. Reaching beyond a narrow focus on the national elite, Prisoners of Freedom shows how foreign aid and human rights activism hamper the pursuit of democratic citizenship in Africa. The book explores how activists' aspirations of self-improvement, pursued under harsh economic conditions, find in the human rights discourse a new means to distinguish oneself from the poor masses. Among expatriates, the emphasis on abstract human rights avoids conf
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| Emner | Democracy - Malawi
Ethnology - Malawi Human rights - Malawi Poverty - Malawi Vis mer... Law, Politics & Government
antropologi sosialantropologi Malawi menneskerettigheter fattige fattigdom demokrati sivilt samfunn politikk fattigdomAfrika |
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| ISBN | 0520249232. - 0520249240. - 9780520249233. - 9780520249240
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