Transnational human rights and local activism: Mapping the middle

American Anthropologist

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 38-51

  Merry, Sally Engle ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Globalization; Human rights; Legal anthropology; Translation; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33244466315     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2006.108.1.38     Document Type: Article

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