Interrogating Liberal Theories of Rights
An Analysis of Rights in the African Context
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19003541 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher D Zambakari (0000-0001-9728-5871, The Zambakari Advisory and Hartley B. and Ruth B. Barker Endowed Rotary Peace Fellow, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 860-878 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Interventions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-801X • E-ISSN: 1469-929X |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1369801x.2020.1753550 |
| OpenAlex | W3020494220 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
In this essay, I set out to interrogate (1) liberal theories of rights rooted in the French, North American, and Haitian revolutionary experiences of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; (2) the institutional legacy of colonialism in regard to rights; and (3) the crisis of rights in Africa as it relates to the management of pluralistic societies. The African context shows that where this has been absent, liberal rights theories have set in motion a system based on a conceptualization of citizenship that increasingly disenfranchizes mobile labor. In Africa, unlike in Europe or in the United States, there is no convergence of social and political history of a people. Next, I discuss the profound transformation brought about by colonialism that in turn undermined African structures of authority; people’s relationships to land; relationships to other peoples; and gender and generational relationships to communities. These had a negative effect on rights throughout the continent
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |