Street sovereigns : young men and the makeshift state in urban Haiti / Chelsey L. Kivland.

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"This book challenges conventional understandings of sovereignty and popular politics by ethnographically documenting how young men on the margins of urban Haiti seek power and respect by positioning themselves as chiefs of zones where the government is largely absent"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kivland, Chelsey L., 1979- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Young men > Haiti > Port-au-Prince.
Street life > Haiti > Port-au-Prince.
Port-au-Prince (Haiti) > Politics and government.
Ethnology > Haiti > Port-au-Prince.
Ethnology.
Politics and government.
Street life.
Young men.
Haiti > Port-au-Prince.
Physical Description:xxvii, 274 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book

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