ISBN:
9781789201901
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online Ressource (ix, 218 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Integration and conflict studies Volume 19
Series Statement:
Integration and conflict studies
Keywords:
Democracy-Guinea
;
Forécariah (Guinea : Region)
;
Guinea-Politics and government
;
Identity politics-Guinea
;
Marginality, Social-Guinea
;
Political participation-Guinea
Abstract:
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, administrative reform and national unrest lead to the creative re-combination of sources of authority and practices of legitimate rule. Past periods of colonization, socialism and authoritarian regime are reflected in contemporary struggles to make sense of participatory democracy and the future of the embattled Guinean national state.
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