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The battle for Algeria : sovereignty, health care, and humanitarianism / Jennifer Johnson.
LIBRA DT295 .J625 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Jennifer, 1981- author.
- Series:
- Pennsylvania studies in human rights
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Humanitarianism--Political aspects.
- Humanitarianism.
- Medical care.
- History.
- Decolonization.
- Algeria--History--Revolution, 1954-1962.
- Algeria.
- Algeria--Politics and government--1830-1962.
- Politics and government.
- Decolonization--Algeria.
- Medical care--Algeria--History--20th century.
- Humanitarianism--Political aspects--Algeria.
- Jabhat al-Taḥrīr al-Qawmī.
- Red Cross and Red Crescent--Algeria--History.
- Red Cross and Red Crescent.
- Local Subjects:
- Jabhat al-Taḥrīr al-Qawmī.
- Red Cross and Red Crescent.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- Since independence in 1956, large numbers of Moroccans have been forcibly disappeared, tortured, and imprisoned. Morocco's uncovering and acknowledging of these past human rights abuses are complicated and revealing processes. A community of human rights activists, many of them survivors of human rights violations, are attempting to reconstruct the past and explain what truly happened. The Performance of Human Rights in Morocco is a unique distillation of politics, anthropology, and performance studies, offering both a clear picture of the present state of human rights and a vision of a possible future for public protest and dissidence in Morocco. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 The Long Road to War 13
- 2 Medical Pacification and the Sections Administratives Spécialisées 38
- 3 "See Our Arms, See Our Physicians": The Algerian Health-Services Division 62
- 4 Internationalizing Humanitarianism: The Algerian Red Crescent 93
- 5 The International Committee of the Red Cross in Algeria 126
- 6 Global Diplomacy and the Fight for Self-Determination 157.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-259) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780812247718
- 081224771X
- OCLC:
- 908698972
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