Publication subTitle :The Ambiguities of Rights Claiming in Africa
Publication series :1
Author: Derman Bill;Hellum Anne;Sandvik Kristin
Publisher: Brill
Publication year: 2013
E-ISBN: 9789004250130
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004246478
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9789004246478
Subject: C91 Sociology
Language: ENG
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Description
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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