| Worlds of Human Rights: The Ambiguities of Rights Claiming in Africa Contributor(s): Derman, Bill (Editor), Hellum, Anne (Editor), Sandvik, Kristin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004246479 ISBN-13: 9789004246478 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $62.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Civil Rights - Social Science | Sociology - General - Political Science | Human Rights |
| Dewey: 323.096 |
| LCCN: 2013000582 |
| Series: Afrika-Studiecentrum |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.4" (1.20 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book engages with contemporary African human rights struggles including land, property, gender equality and legal identity. Through ethnographic field studies it situates claims-making by groups and individuals that have been subject to injustices and abuses, often due to different forms of displacement, in specific geographical, historical and political contexts. Exploring local communities' complexities and divided interests it addresses the ambiguities and tensions surrounding the processes whereby human rights have been incorporated into legislation, social and economic programs, legal advocacy, land reform, and humanitarian assistance. It shows how existing relations of inequality, domination and control are affected by the opportunities offered by emerging law and governance structures as a plurality of non-state actors enter what previously was considered the sole regulatory domain of the nation state. |