Prisoners of Freedom: Human Rights and the African Poor Volume 14

by Harri Englund

Book Overview

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' aspirations of self-improvement, pursued under harsh economic conditions, find in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520249240
• ISBN13: 9780520249240
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"