Playing the marginality game : identity politics in West Africa /

In Guinea, situated against the background of central government struggles, rural elites use identity politics through contemporary political reforms to maintain their privileges and perpetuate a generations-old local social contract that bridges ethnic and religious divides. Simultaneously, adminis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schroven, Anita (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2019.
Colección:Integration and conflict studies ; v. 19.
Temas:
Political participation > Guinea.
Democracy > Guinea.
Identity politics > Guinea.
Marginality, Social > Guinea.
Participation politique > Guinée.
Politique identitaire > Guinée.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Democracy
Identity politics
Marginality, Social
Political participation
Politics and government
Forécariah (Guinea : Region)
Guinea > Politics and government.
Forécariah (Guinée : Région administrative)
Guinée > Politique et gouvernement.
Guinea
Guinea > Forécariah (Region)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Identity at the margins: a place in Guinea
  • A journey to the margins?
  • Maintaining marginality: ethnic and national elements of identification
  • Reaching for the margins: negotiating state power
  • Mixing and mingling: new politics, old structures?
  • Bargaining with an ailing state
  • Citizenship at the margins: performing the future state
  • Conclusion. Liberties at the margins: playing the game.

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