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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Moran, Mary H., 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2006.
Series:Ethnography of political violence.
Subjects:
Since 1980
Political violence > Liberia.
Democracy > Liberia.
Violence politique > Liberia.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Democracy.
Politics and government
Political violence.
Liberia > History > Civil War, 1989-1996.
Liberia > History > Civil War, 1999-2003.
Liberia > Politics and government > 1980-
Liberia > Histoire > 1989-1996 (Guerre civile)
Liberia > Histoire > 1999-2003 (Guerre civile)
Liberia > Politique et gouvernement > 1980-
Liberia.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Liberia, violence, and democracy
  • The case for indigenous democracy
  • Contested histories
  • Civilization and the Liberian nation
  • The promise and terror of elections
  • The lock on the outhouse door: discourses of development
  • The crisis of youth and the promise of the future
  • Conclusion: A wedding and a funeral.

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