Rights and the Politics of Recognition in AfricaHarri Englund, Francis B. Nyamnjoh This timely volume shows that, despite the global spread of neo-liberal economic ideology, the need remains to understand variations in cultural values and political institutions. Are human rights claims prompted by similar values and aspirations? And even if human rights are universal, what are the consequences of claiming them in different historical, cultural and material realities? How does liberal individualism suit different traditions that value sociability, negotiation and conviviality? The contributors to this book address such questions with original research in a variety of African countries whose diversity compels careful thought about the meaning of universal values such as democracy and rights. |
Contents
recognizing identities imagining alternatives | 1 |
contradictions | 3 |
Beyond liberalism? 4 Differenceblind rights and the communit | 19 |
Reconciling the rhetoric of rights with competing notions | 33 |
On the rhetoric of rights 33 Lessons from Africa on the reality | 41 |
Changing attitudes towards foreigners in Botswana 47 Implications | 53 |
individualization | 64 |
Human rights and the legal expansion of political space | 74 |
education 130 Remaking the incompetent 133 Deafness as | 137 |
Conclusion | 143 |
accommodation and exclusion 150 Inventing | 156 |
Ethnic struggles and the invisibility of women 157 Export | 165 |
the politics | 195 |
Civil society and ethnicity 196 Voluntary associations in Burkina | 211 |
language religion and identity in poly | 219 |
REDIE BEREKETЕАВ | 226 |
The new politics of rights and South Africas transition | 86 |
Liberalism versus nationalism 94 Conclusion | 98 |
context and background | 104 |
An inalienable right111 Ugandan versus Western imperialist | 117 |
problems of recognition in contemporary | 127 |
Beyond dualisms 229 Conclusion | 232 |
participation as a precondition for sustain | 253 |
the new dialogue with postliberalism | 261 |
Permeable ethnicities and elites 266 The global and the post | 270 |
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Rights and the Politics of Recognition in Africa International Centre for Contemporary Cultural Research No preview available - 2004 |
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