Understanding the relationship between human rights abuse, state dysfunction and postcolonial sovereignty in Africa
This article explores the interrelationship between the phenomena of state dysfunction, human rights abuse and postcolonial states in the African context. The incidence and extent of state dysfunction and human rights abuse are evaluated empirically, which reveals that dysfunctional states in Afric...
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South African Publ.
2017
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Koers
Year: 2017, Volume: 82, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-19 |
| RelBib Classification: | KBN Sub-Saharan Africa NCC Social ethics NCD Political ethics ZC Politics in general |
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Negative sovereignty
B Quasi-states B Postcolonial sovereignty B Africa B Human Rights B State dysfunction |
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