ISBN:
9781108494274
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9781108714310
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 322 Seiten
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Karten
Series Statement:
African studies 147
Series Statement:
African studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Fisher, Jonathan, 1985- East Africa after liberation
DDC:
963.071
Keywords:
National liberation movements
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Security, International
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Politischer Prozess
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Regionalentwicklung
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Unabhängigkeitsbewegung
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Befreiung
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Nation
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Guerilla
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Machtwechsel
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Regierungswechsel
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Politischer Konflikt
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Innenpolitik
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Aufstand
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Politischer Wandel
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Politische Führung
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Africa, Eastern Politics and government 1960-
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Ostafrika
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Eritrea
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Äthiopien
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Ruanda
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Uganda
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Diktatur
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Revolution
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Revolutionäre Bewegung
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Regierungswechsel
Abstract:
"Between 1986 and 1994, East Africa's postcolonial, political settlement was profoundly challenged as four revolutionary 'liberation' movements seized power in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda. After years of armed struggle against vicious dictatorships, these movements transformed from rebels to rulers, promising to deliver 'fundamental change'. This study exposes, examines and underlines the acute challenges each has faced in doing so. Drawing on over 130 interviews with the region's post-liberation elite, undertaken over the course of a decade, Jonathan Fisher takes a fresh and empirically-grounded approach to explaining the fast-moving politics of the region over the last three decades, focusing on the role and influence of its guerrilla governments. East Africa after Liberation sheds critical light on the competing pressures post-liberation governments contend with as they balance reformist aspirations with accommodation of counter-vailing interests, historical trajectories and their own violent organisational cultures"--
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis Seite 288-311, Register
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Part I. Insurgency
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East Africa's Post-Liberation Elite and the Legacy of Insurgency I: Movement, State and Society
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East Africa's Post-Liberation Elite and the Legacy of Insurgency II: From Rebellion to Government
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Part II. Liberation
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From Rebels to Diplomats: Pragmatism, Aspiration and Mistrust, 1986-1995
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Reinventing Liberation: Revolution and Regret in Congo and Sudan, 1995-2000
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Part III. Crisis
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The Distintegration of the Liberation Coalition, 1998-2007
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From Regional Conflict to Domestic Crisis: Regime Consolidation and the Fragmentation of the Old Guard, 2000-2007
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Conclusion
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