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Author Kivland, Chelsey L., 1979- author.

Title Street sovereigns : young men and the makeshift state in urban Haiti / Chelsey L. Kivland
Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 274 pages)
Contents Introduction : the baz -- Defense -- History -- Respect -- Identity -- Development -- Gender -- Conclusion : falling into and out of the spiral
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 23, 2020)
Subject Young men -- Haiti -- Port-au-Prince
Street life -- Haiti -- Port-au-Prince
Ethnology -- Haiti -- Port-au-Prince
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Ethnology
Politics and government
Street life
Young men
SUBJECT Port-au-Prince (Haiti) -- Politics and government
Subject Haiti -- Port-au-Prince
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019012305
ISBN 9781501747007
1501747002
9781501747014
1501747010