Bronwen Manby

Struggles for Citizenship in Africa

Buch

This book, by an acknowledged expert on human rights in Africa, discusses the hundreds of thousands living as non-persons in the only African state they have ever known. Not recognized as citizens, they have no access to education, state health services, travel documents, or employment without a work permit. Most of all, they cannot vote, stand for office, or work for state institutions. Ultimately such policies can lead to disaster or war. The conflicts in Cote d'Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of Congo are at heart conflicts over the rights of divided populations to share fully the rights and duties of citizenship. Bringing together new… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-84813-351-8
EAN: 9781848133518
Produktnummer: 5378428
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Seitenangabe: 208 S.
Masse: H19.8 cm x B12.9 cm x D0.0 cm 318 g
Gewicht: 318
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Bronwen Manby works with the Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP), an initiative of the Open Society Institute network's four African foundations established to monitor and strengthen compliance with the African Union's commitments on good governance and human rights. She was previously the deputy director of the Africa division of Human Rights Watch, and has also worked for human rights organizations in South Africa. She has written on a wide range of human rights issues in Africa, especially focusing on South Africa and Nigeria, and on continental legal developments.