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Street sovereigns : young men and the makeshift state in urban Haiti /
"This book challenges conventional understandings of sovereignty and popular politics by ethnographically documenting how young men on the margins of urban Haiti seek power and respect by positioning themselves as chiefs of zones where the government is largely absent"--
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2020.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This book challenges conventional understandings of sovereignty and popular politics by ethnographically documenting how young men on the margins of urban Haiti seek power and respect by positioning themselves as chiefs of zones where the government is largely absent"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 274 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781501747007 1501747002 9781501747014 1501747010 |