Prisoners of freedom human rights and the African poor
Taking the example of Malawi the author investigates how ideas of freedom impede struggles against poverty and injustice in emerging democracies. Reaching beyond a narrow focus on the national elite, the book tries to show how foreign aid and human rights activism hamper the pursuit of democratic ci...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Berkeley u.a.
University of California Press
2006
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| Schriftenreihe: | California series in public anthropology
14 |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Taking the example of Malawi the author investigates how ideas of freedom impede struggles against poverty and injustice in emerging democracies. Reaching beyond a narrow focus on the national elite, the book tries to show how foreign aid and human rights activism hamper the pursuit of democratic citizenship in Africa. The author explores how activists' aspirations of self-improvement, pursued under harsh economic conditions, find in the human rights discourse a new means to distinguish oneself from the poor masses. Among expatriates, the emphasis on abstract human rights avoids confrontations with the political and business elites. (GIGA-Sbd) |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-242) and index Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke |
| Beschreibung: | XI, 247 S Ill 23 cm Lit. S. 225-242, Lit.Hinw. S. 205-224 |
| ISBN: | 0520249232 0-520-24923-2 0520249240 0-520-24924-0 9780520249233 978-0-520-24923-3 9780520249240 978-0-520-24924-0 |