Rights and the Politics of Recognition in Africa /
Rights and the Politics of Recognition in Africa /
Harri Englund & Francis B. Nyamnjoh, editors.
- London ; New York : New York : Zed Books ; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
- xiv, 283 p. ; 22 cm.
- Postcolonial encounters .
- Postcolonial encounters. .
"In association with the International Centre for Contemporary Cultural Research (ICCCR), Universities of Manchester and Keele"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : recognizing identities, imagining alternatives / The rhetoric of rights -- Reconciling 'the rhetoric of rights' with competing notions of personhood and agency in Botswana / The rhetoric of human rights in Malawi : individualization and judicialization / Democratization and the rhetoric of rights : contradictions and debate in post-apartheid South Africa / Taking rights talk seriously : reflections on Ugandan political discourse / Disadvantage, misrecognition, subjection -- Deaf culture : problems of recognition in contemporary Kenyan politics / Neoliberal ideologies, identity and gender : managing diversity in Mauritius / 'It will rain until we are in power!' : floods, elections and memory in Mozambique / Elites and communities -- Ethnic identification in voluntary associations : the politics of development and culture in Burkina Faso / Perilous dualisms : language, religion and identity in polyethnic Eritrea / Ecology, belonging and xenophobia : the 1994 forest law in Cameroon and the issue of 'community' / Epilogue : the new dialogue with post-liberalism / Harri Englund -- Francis B. Nyamnjoh -- Fidelis Edge Kanyongolo -- Krista Johnson and Sean Jacobs -- Ulrik Halsteen -- Marianne Sogaard Andersen -- Sheila Bunwaree -- Bjorn Enge Bertelsen -- Sten Hagberg -- Redie Bereketeab -- Peter Geschiere -- Richard Werbner. Pt. I. 1. 2. 3. 4. Pt. II. 5. 6. 7. Pt. III. 8. 9. 10.
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Human rights--Africa.
Democratization--Africa.
Cultural pluralism--Africa.
323.0967 / RIG
"In association with the International Centre for Contemporary Cultural Research (ICCCR), Universities of Manchester and Keele"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : recognizing identities, imagining alternatives / The rhetoric of rights -- Reconciling 'the rhetoric of rights' with competing notions of personhood and agency in Botswana / The rhetoric of human rights in Malawi : individualization and judicialization / Democratization and the rhetoric of rights : contradictions and debate in post-apartheid South Africa / Taking rights talk seriously : reflections on Ugandan political discourse / Disadvantage, misrecognition, subjection -- Deaf culture : problems of recognition in contemporary Kenyan politics / Neoliberal ideologies, identity and gender : managing diversity in Mauritius / 'It will rain until we are in power!' : floods, elections and memory in Mozambique / Elites and communities -- Ethnic identification in voluntary associations : the politics of development and culture in Burkina Faso / Perilous dualisms : language, religion and identity in polyethnic Eritrea / Ecology, belonging and xenophobia : the 1994 forest law in Cameroon and the issue of 'community' / Epilogue : the new dialogue with post-liberalism / Harri Englund -- Francis B. Nyamnjoh -- Fidelis Edge Kanyongolo -- Krista Johnson and Sean Jacobs -- Ulrik Halsteen -- Marianne Sogaard Andersen -- Sheila Bunwaree -- Bjorn Enge Bertelsen -- Sten Hagberg -- Redie Bereketeab -- Peter Geschiere -- Richard Werbner. Pt. I. 1. 2. 3. 4. Pt. II. 5. 6. 7. Pt. III. 8. 9. 10.
1842772821 184277283X
Human rights--Africa.
Democratization--Africa.
Cultural pluralism--Africa.
323.0967 / RIG