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Prisoners of freedom : human rights and the African poor /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2006.
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| Colección: | California series in public anthropology ;
14. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 505 | 0 | |a The situation of human rights -- Rights as freedoms -- The hidden lessons of civic education -- Watchdogs unleashed? -- Legal aid for abused labor -- Crimes of exploitation -- Human rights and moral panics -- Redeeming freedom. | |
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