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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"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kivland, Chelsey L., 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
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"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (306 pages).
ISBN:9781501747007