Rights and the Politics of Recognition in Africa

Klappentext The diversity of African countries considered in this book compels careful thought about questions of human rights. The contributors show how African aspirations for democracy and rights are often fed by both individuals' and groups' desire for recognition and representation. Zusammenfassung The diversity of African countries considered in this book compels careful thought about questions of human rights. The contributors show how African aspirations for democracy and rights are often fed by both individuals' and groups' desire for recognition and representation.

Product details

• Authors: Harri Nyamnjoh Englund
• Assisted by: Harri Englund (Editor), Francis B. Nyamnjoh (Editor)
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2004
• EAN: 9781842772829
• ISBN: 978-1-84277-282-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Postcolonial Encounter S.; Postcolonial Encounter S.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Afrika, Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte, Regionalstudien, Entwicklungsstudien