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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.

Publication Info. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020.
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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 274 pages)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Subject Young men -- Haiti -- Port-au-Prince.
Young men.
Haiti -- Port-au-Prince.
Street life -- Haiti -- Port-au-Prince.
Street life.
Port-au-Prince (Haiti) -- Politics and government.
Ethnology -- Haiti -- Port-au-Prince.
Ethnology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Kivland, Chelsey L., 1979- Street sovereigns. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020 9781501746987 (DLC) 2019011209
ISBN 9781501747007 (electronic book)
1501747002 (electronic book)
9781501747014 (electronic book)
1501747010 (electronic book)
9781501746987 (hardcover)