TY  - GEN
T1  - Worlds of human rights : the ambiguities of rights claiming in Africa
T2  - Afrika-Studiecentrum series ;
A2  - Derman, William
A2  - Hellum, Anne
A2  - Sandvik, Kristin Bergtora
LA  - English
PP  - Leiden
PB  - Brill
YR  - 2013
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn844977672
AB  - 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.
NO  - Includes index.
NO  - "This book is the result of a long standing collaboration among: Department of Anthropology, the African Studies Center and the Center for Gender in a Global Context at Michigan State University, the Institute of Women's Law at the University of Oslo, VU University Amsterdam, the Center for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies at the University of the Western Cape, Bunda College of the University of Malawi, the Peace Research Institute of Oslo, and the Department of International Environment and Development Studies at the Norwegian University of the Life Sciences."--Acknowledgements
CN  - KQC572 .W67 2013eb
SN  - 9789004250130
SN  - 9004250131
SN  - 9789004246478
SN  - 9004246479
KW  - Human rights : Africa, Sub-Saharan.
KW  - Droits de l'homme (Droit international) : Afrique subsaharienne.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Political Freedom & Security : Civil Rights.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Political Freedom & Security : Human Rights.
KW  - Human rights
KW  - Sub-Saharan Africa
ER  -