ISBN:
978-1-108-81252-8 (paperback)
,
978-1-108-83654-8 (hardback)
,
978-1-108-87387-1 (ebook)
Language:
English
Pages:
xi, 276 Seiten
Edition:
First published 2021, first paparback edition
Series Statement:
African Studies (Cambridge) 153
Keywords:
Liberia Afrika
;
Nationalität
;
Identität
;
Politik und Gesellschaft
;
Entwicklung, sozio-ökonomische
;
Entwicklung, wirtschaftliche
;
Anthropologie, politische
Abstract:
Drawing on rich oral histories from over two hundred in-depth interviews in West Africa, Europe, and North America, Robtel Neajai Pailey examines socio-economic change in Liberia, Africa's first black republic, through the prism of citizenship. Marking how historical policy changes on citizenship and contemporary public discourse on dual citizenship have impacted development policy and practice, she reveals that as Liberia transformed from a country of immigration to one of emigration, so too did the nature of citizenship, thus influencing claims for and against dual citizenship. In this engaging contribution to scholarly and policy debates about citizenship as a continuum of inclusion and exclusion, and development as a process of both amelioration and degeneration, Pailey develops a new model for conceptualising citizenship within the context of crisis-affected states. In doing so, she offers a postcolonial critique of the neoliberal framing of diasporas and donors as the panacea to post-war reconstruction. (Verlagsangabe)
Description / Table of Contents:
List of Figures and Tables -- List of Acronyms -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 - Methodological, Theoretical, and Biographical Reflections -- 2 - The Political Economy of Belonging to Liberia -- 3 - Dual Citizenship and Its Discontents in Africa -- 4 - Give Me Your Land or I`ll Shoot! -- 5 - Between Rootedness and Rootlessness -- 6 - The Dichotomy of Diasporic Developmentalism -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- References -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 249-265Based on PhD thesis, SOAS, University of London, 2014, entitled "The love of liberty divided us here? Factors leading to the introduction and postponement in passage of liberia's dual citizenship bill"
