The Resource Law and the public sphere in Africa : La palabre and other writings, Jean Godefroy Bidima ; translated by Laura Hengehold ; foreword by Souleymane Bachir Diagne
Law and the public sphere in Africa : La palabre and other writings, Jean Godefroy Bidima ; translated by Laura Hengehold ; foreword by Souleymane Bachir Diagne
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- Summary
- Jean Godefroy Bidima's La Palabre examines the traditional African institution of palaver as a way to create dialogue and open exchange in an effort to resolve conflict and promote democracy. In the wake of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commissions and the gacaca courts in Rwanda, Bidima offers a compelling model of how to develop an African public space where dialogue can combat misunderstanding. This volume, which includes other essays on legal processes, cultural diversity, memory, and the internet in Africa, offers English-speaking readers the opportunity to become acquainted wit
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- eng
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- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Contents
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- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Preface to the English Edition: Justice, Deliberation, and the Democratic Public Sphere: Palabre and its Variations; Translator's Acknowledgments; Introduction: Speech, Belief, Power; La Palabre: The Legal Authority of Speech; Introduction; 1: The Public Space of Palabre; 2: A Political Paradigm; 3: Convergent Suspicions; 4: A Difficult Place in Political Thought; Conclusion; Other Essays; Rationalities and Legal Processes in Africa
- Strategies for "Constructing Belief" in the African Public Sphere: "The Colonization of the Lifeworld"African Cultural Diversity in the Media; Books between African Memory and Anticipation; The Internet and the African Academic World; Notes; Works Cited; Index; About the Author and the Translator
- Isbn
- 9780253011282
- Label
- Law and the public sphere in Africa : La palabre and other writings
- Title
- Law and the public sphere in Africa
- Title remainder
- La palabre and other writings
- Statement of responsibility
- Jean Godefroy Bidima ; translated by Laura Hengehold ; foreword by Souleymane Bachir Diagne
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- Africa
- Africa -- Politics and government
- Africa -- Social conditions
- Dispute resolution (Law)
- Dispute resolution (Law) -- Africa
- Electronic books
- PHILOSOPHY -- Political
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Cultural Policy
- Political anthropology
- Political anthropology -- Africa
- Politics and government
- Public meetings
- Public meetings -- Africa
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
- Social conditions
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- Summary
- Jean Godefroy Bidima's La Palabre examines the traditional African institution of palaver as a way to create dialogue and open exchange in an effort to resolve conflict and promote democracy. In the wake of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commissions and the gacaca courts in Rwanda, Bidima offers a compelling model of how to develop an African public space where dialogue can combat misunderstanding. This volume, which includes other essays on legal processes, cultural diversity, memory, and the internet in Africa, offers English-speaking readers the opportunity to become acquainted wit
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- 1958-
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- Bidima, Jean Godefroy
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- World philosophies
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- Political anthropology
- Public meetings
- Dispute resolution (Law)
- Africa
- Africa
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- PHILOSOPHY
- Dispute resolution (Law)
- Political anthropology
- Politics and government
- Public meetings
- Social conditions
- Africa
- Label
- Law and the public sphere in Africa : La palabre and other writings, Jean Godefroy Bidima ; translated by Laura Hengehold ; foreword by Souleymane Bachir Diagne
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Preface to the English Edition: Justice, Deliberation, and the Democratic Public Sphere: Palabre and its Variations; Translator's Acknowledgments; Introduction: Speech, Belief, Power; La Palabre: The Legal Authority of Speech; Introduction; 1: The Public Space of Palabre; 2: A Political Paradigm; 3: Convergent Suspicions; 4: A Difficult Place in Political Thought; Conclusion; Other Essays; Rationalities and Legal Processes in Africa
- Strategies for "Constructing Belief" in the African Public Sphere: "The Colonization of the Lifeworld"African Cultural Diversity in the Media; Books between African Memory and Anticipation; The Internet and the African Academic World; Notes; Works Cited; Index; About the Author and the Translator
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- ocn862958121
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- 1 online resource
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- Isbn
- 9780253011282
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- c
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- 539491
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- Law and the public sphere in Africa : La palabre and other writings, Jean Godefroy Bidima ; translated by Laura Hengehold ; foreword by Souleymane Bachir Diagne
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Preface to the English Edition: Justice, Deliberation, and the Democratic Public Sphere: Palabre and its Variations; Translator's Acknowledgments; Introduction: Speech, Belief, Power; La Palabre: The Legal Authority of Speech; Introduction; 1: The Public Space of Palabre; 2: A Political Paradigm; 3: Convergent Suspicions; 4: A Difficult Place in Political Thought; Conclusion; Other Essays; Rationalities and Legal Processes in Africa
- Strategies for "Constructing Belief" in the African Public Sphere: "The Colonization of the Lifeworld"African Cultural Diversity in the Media; Books between African Memory and Anticipation; The Internet and the African Academic World; Notes; Works Cited; Index; About the Author and the Translator
- Control code
- ocn862958121
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780253011282
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 539491
- 22573/ctt16gkffz
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)862958121
Subject
- Africa
- Africa -- Politics and government
- Africa -- Social conditions
- Dispute resolution (Law)
- Dispute resolution (Law) -- Africa
- Electronic books
- PHILOSOPHY -- Political
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Cultural Policy
- Political anthropology
- Political anthropology -- Africa
- Politics and government
- Public meetings
- Public meetings -- Africa
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
- Social conditions
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