Politics In The Gambia And Guinea Bissau

Author : Mariama Khan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000539462

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Politics in The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau by Mariama Khan Pdf

This book explores how precolonial political traditions and practices shape modern-day politics in The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau. The precolonial Kaabu empire dominated the region for over 300 years, leaving a rich oral and ritual culture that emphasized the importance of a ruler’s legitimacy among the general population. This book traces how postcolonial political administrations and Justice, Integrity and Truth (JIT) movements have mobilized to reclaim, reinvent and subvert traditional Kabunka norms of statecraft to prove their political legitimacy. It shows how cultural memory, oral arts and musical forms can be used to express ideals of leadership and followership and, in the process, create various conversations and debates about politics and society, social attitudes and morality. In doing so, the book captures how the latent but influential social and political practices from Kaabu are reclaimed, reproduced or subverted to contribute to the evolving nature of political rhetoric in these two countries. Whereas many studies of the state in Africa take Western democratic principles as a starting point, this book provides important evidence on the continuity of precolonial political culture along African’s west coast. It will be of interest to researchers studying politics, history and anthropology both within the region and elsewhere in Africa.

Author : Christian K. Højbjerg,Jacqueline Knörr,William P. Murphy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349950133

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Politics and Policies in Upper Guinea Coast Societies by Christian K. Højbjerg,Jacqueline Knörr,William P. Murphy Pdf

This book examines the radical changes in social and political landscape of the Upper Guinea Coast region over the past 30 years as a result of civil wars, post-war interventions by international, humanitarian agencies and peacekeeping missions, as well as a regional public health crisis (Ebola epidemic). The emphasis on ‘crises’ in this book draws attention to the intense socio-transformations in the region over the last three decades. Contemporary crises and changes in the region provoke a challenge to accepted ways of understanding and imagining socio-political life in the region – whether at the level of subnational and national communities, or international and regional structures of interest, such as refugees, weapon trafficking, cross-border military incursions, regional security, and transnational epidemics. This book explores and transcends the central explanatory tropes that have oriented research on the region and re-evaluates them in the light of the contemporary structural dynamics of crises, changes and continuities.

Author : Omar A. Touray
Publisher : GIGA-Hamburg
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Gambia
ISBN : 3928049666

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The Gambia and the World by Omar A. Touray Pdf

Author : Jeggan Colley Senghor
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 3039111329

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The Politics of Senegambian Integration, 1958-1994 by Jeggan Colley Senghor Pdf

This study focuses on the experience in state-managed cooperation and integration between The Gambia and Senegal. Specifically, it examines the nexus between national politics in The Gambia and inter-state cooperation in Senegambia; that is, the impact and implications of politics in The Gambia on the process of cooperation with Senegal in functional areas. The Senegambia case is a microcosm of the African dilemma of reconciling the ideological imperative of African unity and regional integration, recently enshrined in the Constitutive Act of the African Union, and the primordial reality of protecting national statehood and particularistic interests. The experience is instructive in many ways. It is indicative of the problems that arise in any scheme to promote integration between countries with distinctly different colonial heritages. The Senegambia case demonstrates that integration is more problematic after statehood has been achieved, if only because the rewards of statehood are more immediate whereas those of integration and unity are more distant. Then also this case demonstrates that integration can be perceived as a threat to national sovereignty by one or both parties; in fact, sovereignty is often very fragile in these states and is jealously guarded. Finally, the experience reveals the complexities and intricacies of achieving union between African states and demonstrates the tension between constructing a national political state and responding to the demands of inter-national economic integration.

Author : Lars Rudebeck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015005093755

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Guinea-Bissau by Lars Rudebeck Pdf

Monograph on the nationalist social movement for independence in Guinea Bissau and the emerging political system - discusses the political ideology of the political party, the paigc (partido africano da independencia da guine e cabo verde) under the political leadership of amilcar cabral, the elections of 1972, economic development and social change, etc. Bibliography pp. 271 to 277, references and statistical tables.

Author : Rosemary Galli,Jocelyn Jones
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Guinea-Bissau
ISBN : UCAL:B4449402

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Guinea-Bissau by Rosemary Galli,Jocelyn Jones Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Cabo Verde
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070999094

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Country Report by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004367630

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Africa Yearbook Volume 14 by Anonim Pdf

The Africa Yearbook is a reliable source of reference covering major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends of all sub-Saharan states – all related to developments in one calendar year.

Author : Jacqueline Knörr,Christoph Kohl
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781785330704

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The Upper Guinea Coast in Global Perspective by Jacqueline Knörr,Christoph Kohl Pdf

For centuries, Africa’s Upper Guinea Coast region has been the site of regional and global interactions, with societies from different parts of the African continent and beyond engaging in economic trade, cultural exchange and various forms of conflict. This book provides a wide-ranging look at how such encounters have continued into the present day, identifying the disruptions and continuities in religion, language, economics and various other social phenomena. These accounts show a region that, while still grappling with the legacies of colonialism and the slave trade, is both shaped by and an important actor within ever-denser global networks, exhibiting consistent transformation and creative adaptation.

Author : Peter Karibe Mendy,Richard A. Lobban, Jr.
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 643 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810880276

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Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau by Peter Karibe Mendy,Richard A. Lobban, Jr. Pdf

Guinea-Bissau is a small country in West Africa, and yet it managed to wrest its independence from Portugal back in 1973, at the cost of a long and bitter struggle against seemingly implacable odds. This was a time to be proud of, and there was also a moment about two decades ago, when it looked like a trendsetter for democracy. Since then things have gone seriously wrong, with a collapsing infrastructure, a dilapidated economy and a political stage prone to military coups d’etats. This fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of Guinea-Bissau tells the long and sometimes unpleasant story. However, like all the country historical dictionaries, it tells it several times and in several ways. First, the chronology traces the history of what became Guinea-Bissau, and this over a period of centuries and not just decades. Then the introduction recounts that history again, providing more insight and understanding, and conveys a good idea of how things are going now. The details follow in the dictionary section with entries on important persons, places, institutions, and events among other things. And the bibliography points to further reading.

Author : John W Harbeson,Donald Ro
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429975103

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Africa in World Politics by John W Harbeson,Donald Ro Pdf

The sixth edition of Africa in World Politics focuses on challenges African states face in constructing viable political economies in contexts both of familiar domestic challenges and an unprecedented mix of engagements, opportunities, and threats emanating from a turbulent and rapidly changing international order. This text, including new chapters on Nigeria and the influence of party politics on economic development, remains an invaluable resource for students of African politics seeking to navigate the continent's complex political and economic landscapes. Revised chapters consider both the extent and the limits of continued healthy growth rates in many countries; the impacts of investments by China and other BRICS countries; plateaus and some reversals in progress on human rights and democratization; dimensions of chronic state weakness deepened by insurgencies, including some that are connected to Al Qaeda and the Islamic State; and peacebuilding efforts struggling to uphold responsible sovereignty in the Sudans, the Great Lakes region, and elsewhere.

Author : Arnold Hughes,David Perfect
Publisher : Rochester Studies in African H
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 1580461263

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A Political History of the Gambia, 1816-1994 by Arnold Hughes,David Perfect Pdf

The only complete study of modern Gambian politics from the establishment of British rule to the overthrow of the Jawara government.

Author : Tom Lansford
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 2153 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781544384726

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Political Handbook of the World 2020-2021 by Tom Lansford Pdf

The Political Handbook of the World by Tom Lansford provides timely, thorough, and accurate political information, with more in-depth coverage of current political controversies than any other reference guide. The updated 2020-2021 edition will continue to be the most authoritative source for finding complete facts and analysis on each country′s governmental and political makeup. Compiling in one place more than 200 entries on countries and territories throughout the world, this volume is renowned for its extensive coverage of all major and minor political parties and groups in each political system. The Political Handbook of the World 2020-2021 also provides names of key ambassadors and international memberships of each country, plus detailed profiles of more than 30 intergovernmental organizations and UN agencies. And this update will aim to include coverage of current events, issues, crises, and controversies from the course of the last two years.

Author : Arthur S. Banks,Alan J. Day,Thomas C. Muller,0 0
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1300 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349149513

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Political Handbook of the World 1998 by Arthur S. Banks,Alan J. Day,Thomas C. Muller,0 0 Pdf

Political Handbook of the World annually provides up-to-date political information on all the world's countries in a balanced, accurate and comprehensive manner. A singular and authoritative reference work for nearly 70 years, each new volume builds on the research and scholarship of previous editions, offering rare insight into stories making headlines, judiciously outlining contemporary conflicts and analysing current foreign policy within the informed context of past events and decisions. It is considered to be the single-volume reference work of choice for libraries, diplomats, academic faculties, international corporations, and others needing accurate, timely information.

Author : Dawn Nagar
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786736451

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Politics and Pan-Africanism by Dawn Nagar Pdf

Offering an examination of the diplomatic and economic regional power structures in Africa and their relationships with each other, Dawn Nagar discusses the potential and future of pan-Africanism. The three primary regional economic communities (RECs) that are recognised by the African Union as the key building blocks of a united Africa are examined - these are the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). These RECS include Africa's major economies – Egypt, South Africa, and Kenya but are also home to Africa's most conflict prone and volatile states – the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Burundi, South Sudan, Somalia and Lesotho. Providing a detailed overview of the current relationship between these power blocs, this book provides insight into the current state of diplomatic and economic relations within Africa and shows how far there is to go for a future of Pan-Africanism.