Worlds of human rights : the ambiguities of rights claiming in Africa
Worlds of human rights : the ambiguities of rights claiming in Africa
Place:
Leiden
Publisher:
Brill
Phys descriptions:
XIII, 338 p. : ill., 24 cm.
Date published:
2013
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Region:
Editor:
Derman, William|Hellum, Anne|Sandvik, Kristin Bergtora
ISBN:
978-90-04-24647-8
Call No:
342.7(6) WOR
Abstract:
Worlds of Human Rights presents ethnographic studies from Sub Saharan Africa that highlight how individuals and groups use human rights to achieve greater justice. It shows how struggles concerning land, property, gender equality and legal identity are shaped by contexts of history, power structures and legal pluralism.
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Series:
Afrika-Studiecentrum series, v. 26.
CITATION: . Worlds of human rights : the ambiguities of rights claiming in Africa edited by Derman, William|Hellum, Anne|Sandvik, Kristin Bergtora . Leiden : Brill , 2013. - Available at: http://library.au.int/worlds-human-rights-ambiguities-rights-claiming-africa-28