Liberia : The Violence of Democracy /

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This book argues that democracy is not a foreign import into Africa, but that essential aspects of what we in the West consider democratic values are part of the indigenous African traditions of legitimacy and political process. In the case of Liberia, these democratic traditions include institution...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Moran, Mary H., 1957-
Autor Corporativo: Project Muse
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press 2006
Colección:Ethnography of political violence.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Democracy > Liberia.
Political violence > Liberia.
Liberia > Politics and government > 1980-
Liberia > History > Civil War, 1999-2003.
Liberia > History > Civil War, 1989-1996.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Liberia, violence, and democracy
  • 1. The case for indigenous democracy
  • 2. Contested histories
  • 3. Civilization and the Liberian Nation
  • 4. The promise and terror of elections
  • 5. The lock on the outhouse door: discourses of development
  • 6. The crisis of youth and the promise of the future
  • 7. Conclusion: a wedding and a funeral
  • References
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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