Format:
Online-Ressource (200 p)
ISBN:
9780812220285
Series Statement:
Ethnography of Political Violence
Content:
Moran 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 traditions of legitimacy and political process.
Content:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- 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.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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""Cover ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Dedication Page ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""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""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812202847
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812220285
Additional Edition:
Print version Liberia : The Violence of Democracy
Language:
English
Keywords:
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