A socialist peace? : explaining the absence of war in an African country /

For the last twenty years, the West African nation of Guinea has exhibited all the characteristics that have correlated with civil wars in other countries, and Guineans themselves regularly talk about the inevitability of war tearing their country apart. Yet the country has narrowly avoided civil co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McGovern, Mike (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Temas:
1958-1984
HISTORY > Africa > West.
Politics and government.
Politik
Ethnische Gruppe
Konflikt
Sozialismus
Postkolonialismus
Nationenbildung
Guinea > Politics and government > 1958-1984.
Guinée > Politique et gouvernement > 1958-1984.
Guinea.
Guinea
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  • Machine generated contents note: One. Explaining the Absence of War
  • A?
  • Socialist?
  • Peace?
  • Orientations toward the Future
  • Temporality and the Legacies of Socialism in Africa
  • Counterfactual Arguments and Anthropology's Advantages
  • Choosing War
  • Chapters
  • pt. 1 Resentment
  • Two. "Those Who Eat Monkey Will Never Rule over Us"
  • Setting
  • Interplay of Stereotypes
  • Troubled Succession, 1984
  • Religion and Politics in West Africa, 1800
  • 1958
  • Ethnic Calculus, 1950
  • 90
  • Disgust and Political Exclusion
  • From Autochthony to Culture
  • "It's Our Turn"
  • Conclusion
  • Interlude: Palm Wine and Ethnic Cleansing
  • Three. Articulating Betrayal
  • Case Study: N'Zerekore, 1991
  • Secrecy, Trust, and Betrayal
  • Narratives of Betrayal
  • From Words to Acts
  • Conclusion
  • pt. II WAR AVERTED?
  • Four. Exceptional Case: The Killings in Nuvanuita
  • Case Study: "Nuvanuita," October 2000
  • Socialist State Practices and Their Legacies
  • Macenta as Microcosm
  • Conclusion
  • pt. III AFTERLIVES
  • Interlude: "I'm not putting my life on the line ..."
  • Five. Rhetoric of Counterinsurgency
  • Case Study: The Antirefugee Attacks of September 2000
  • Postsocialist Publics and Counterpublics
  • Toure Legacy: Semantic, Rhetorical, and Organizational
  • Six. Symbolic Death of Sekou Toure
  • General Strikes of 2006
  • 7
  • Death of the Father: The Afterlife of a Socialist Regime
  • Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Trade Unionism in Guinea
  • Two Bodies of the King and the Timing of the Strikes
  • Conclusion
  • Interlude: Ga li?
  • Seven. Cinquantenaire and the Dadis Show
  • Annual Ceremony, 2008
  • Following the Money
  • "La Verite Finira Toujours par Triompher un Jour"
  • Musical Interlude
  • Dadis Show
  • September Massacre and the Resurgence of Disgust
  • Conclusion
  • Eight. Conclusion
  • Current State of Play
  • On Sacrifice and Suffering.

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