Publication

2016-05-25 - Stanford University Press

Language

English

Word Count

53,000 words, Guess

Page Count

212 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

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  • Amazon0804799083

Classifications

  • LCCKTZ209.5 .M67 2016
  • LCCKTZ209

Description

Through a comprehensive survey of human rights scholarship, Shannon Morreira explores the ways in which the global framework of human rights is locally interpreted, constituted, and contested in Harare, Zimbabwe, and Musina and Cape Town, South Africa. Presenting the stories of those who lived through the violent struggles of the past decades, Morreira shows how supposedly universal ideals become localized in the context of post-colonial Southern Africa. Rights After Wrongs uncovers the disconnect between the ways human rights appear on paper and the ways in which it is possible for people to use and understand them in everyday life.

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  • Rights After Wrongs: Local Knowledge and Human Rights in ZimbabwePaperbackStanford University Press2016-05-25

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