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" Prisoners of freedom : "
Harri Englund.
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BL
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949617
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b703987
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Englund, Harri.
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Prisoners of freedom : : human rights and the African poor /\ Harri Englund.
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Berkeley :: University of California Press,, ©2006.
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California series in public anthropology ;; 14
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xi, 247 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm.
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0520249232
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: 0520249240
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: 9780520249233
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: 9780520249233
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: 9780520249240
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: 9780520249240
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-242) and index.
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| Contents
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The situation of human rights -- Rights as freedoms -- The hidden lessons of civic education -- Watchdogs unleashed? -- Legal aid for abused labor -- Crimes of exploitation -- Human rights and moral panics -- Redeeming freedom.
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"In this vivid ethnography, Harri Englund investigates how ideas of freedom impede struggles against poverty and injustice in emerging democracies. Reaching beyond a narrow focus on the national elite, Prisoners of Freedom shows how foreign aid and human rights activism hamper the pursuit of democratic citizenship in Africa. The book explores how activists, whose aspirations for self-improvement are pursued under harsh economic conditions, find in the discourse of human rights a new means to distinguish themselves from the poor masses. Among expatriates, the emphasis on abstract human rights prevents confrontations with the political and business elites. Drawing on long-term research among the Malawian poor, Englund brings to life the personal circumstances of Malawian human rights activists, their expatriate benefactors, and the urban and rural poor as he develops a fresh perspective on freedom - one that recognizes the significance of debt, obligation, and civic virtues"--Unedited summary from book cover.
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Democracy-- Malawi.
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Ethnology-- Malawi.
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Human rights-- Malawi.
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Poverty-- Malawi.
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86.81 human rights.
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Armut
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citizenship education.
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Democracy-- Malawi.
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Democracy.
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Democracy.
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democratization.
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Demokratisierung
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Entwicklungspolitik
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Ethnology-- Malawi.
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Ethnology.
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Human rights-- Malawi.
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human rights.
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Human rights.
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Human rights.
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Malawi.
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Malawi.
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Menschenrecht
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Menschenrechtspolitik
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Poverty-- Malawi.
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poverty.
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Poverty.
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Poverty.
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Sozialpolitik
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Democracy.
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Human rights.
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Poverty.
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Malawi (nyasaland)
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Malawi
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Malawi.
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Subsaharisches Afrika
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| Dewey Classification
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323.096897
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| LC Classification
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JC599.M3E54 2006
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86.81bcl
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LB 45560rvk
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LB 45560.rvk
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LB 51560rvk
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LB 51560.rvk
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MI 62065rvk
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MI 62065.rvk
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