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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Englund, Harri
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006.
Series:California series in public anthropology ; 14.
Subjects:
Human rights > Malawi.
Poverty > Malawi.
Ethnology > Malawi.
Democracy > Malawi.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Malawi.
Pauvreté > Malawi.
Ethnologie > Malawi.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Democracy
Ethnology
Human rights
Poverty
Malawi
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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