Prisoners of Freedom : Human Rights and the African Poor /

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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 democrat...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Englund, Harri (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2006]
Colección:California Series in Public Anthropology ; 14
Temas:
Democracy > Malawi.
Ethnology > Malawi.
Human rights > Malawi.
Poverty > Malawi.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
africa scholars.
africa.
african studies.
anthropologists.
civil.
cultural anthropology.
democratic citizenship.
economic conditions.
economic history.
economists.
emerging democracies.
ethnographers.
ethnography.
expatriates.
foreign aid.
human rights activism.
human rights discourse.
human rights.
idea of freedom.
imprisonment.
long term study.
malawian poor.
poor experience.
poverty.
rural poor.
social injustice.
social justice.
social sciences.
urban poor.
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Sumario: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 confrontations with the political and business elites. Drawing on long-term research among the Malawian poor, Englund brings to life the personal circumstances of Malawian human rights activists, their expatriate benefactors, and the urban and rural poor as he develops a fresh perspective on freedom-one that recognizes the significance of debt, obligation, and civil virtues.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (260 p.)
ISBN:9780520940093
9783110690422
Acceso:restricted access

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