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Chelsey L. Kivland

Street Sovereigns - Young Men and the Makeshift State in Urban Haiti

English · Paperback / Softback

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Summary

How do people improvise political communities in the face of state collapse—and at what cost? Street Sovereigns explores the risks and rewards taken by young men on the margins of urban Haiti who broker relations with politicians, state agents, and NGO workers in order secure representation, resources, and jobs for themselves and neighbors...

Product details

Authors	Chelsey L. Kivland
Publisher	Cornell University Press

Languages	English
Product format	Paperback / Softback
Released	31.12.2019

EAN	9781501746994
ISBN	978-1-5017-4699-4
No. of pages	306
Subjects	Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories Haiti, Städte, Stadtgemeinden, Süd- und Zentralamerika (inklusive Mexiko), Lateinamerika, Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Ethnographie, Politik und Staat

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