Worlds of human rights : the ambiguities of rights claiming in Africa /
Worlds of Human Rights presents ethnographic studies from Sub Saharan Africa that highlight how individuals and groups use human rights to achieve greater justice. It shows how struggles concerning land, property, gender equality and legal identity are shaped by contexts of history, power structures...
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| Other Authors: | , , |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Leiden :
Brill,
2013.
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| Series: | Afrika-Studiecentrum series ;
v. 26. |
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| Online Access: |
Full text (Emmanuel users only) |
| Summary: | Worlds of Human Rights presents ethnographic studies from Sub Saharan Africa that highlight how individuals and groups use human rights to achieve greater justice. It shows how struggles concerning land, property, gender equality and legal identity are shaped by contexts of history, power structures and legal pluralism. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. "This book is the result of a long standing collaboration among: Department of Anthropology, the African Studies Center and the Center for Gender in a Global Context at Michigan State University, the Institute of Women's Law at the University of Oslo, VU University Amsterdam, the Center for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies at the University of the Western Cape, Bunda College of the University of Malawi, the Peace Research Institute of Oslo, and the Department of International Environment and Development Studies at the Norwegian University of the Life Sciences."--Acknowledgements |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004250130 9004250131 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |