Perspectives on Twenty-five Years of Elections in Sierra Leone
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Author : Daniel J. Paracka, Jr.
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 18,78 MB
Release : 2004-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 1135935998
This book is about Fourah Bay College (FBC) and its role as an institution of higher learning in both its African and international context. The study traces the College's development through periods of missionary education (1816-1876), colonial education (1876-1938), and development education (1938-2001).
Author : David Harris
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 24,33 MB
Release : 2014-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0190238054
Sierra Leone came to world attention in the 1990s when a catastrophic civil war linked to the diamond trade was reported globally. This fleeting and particular interest, however, obscured two crucial processes in this small West African state. On the one hand, while the civil war was momentous, brutal and affected all Sierra Leoneans, it was also just one element in the long and faltering attempt to build a nation and state given the country's immensely problematic pre-colonial and British colonial legacies. On the other, the aftermath of the war precipitated a huge international effort to construct a 'liberal peace', with mixed results, and thus made Sierra Leone a laboratory for post-Cold War interventions. Sierra Leone examines 225 years of its history and fifty years of independence, placing state- society relations at the centre of an original and revealing investigation of those who have tried to rule or change Sierra Leone and its inhabitants and the responses engendered. It interweaves the historical narrative with sketches of politicians, anecdotes, the landscape and environment and key turning-points, alongside theoretical and other comparisons with the rest of Africa. It is a new contribution to the debate for those who already know Sierra Leone and a solid point of entry for those who wish to know.
Author : Alusine Jalloh
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 49,78 MB
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 1580469175
The first comprehensive book on the participation of Muslim Fula business elites in the post-independence politics of Sierra Leone
Author : David John Harris
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 24,49 MB
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 0199361762
A new political history of the former British colony in West Africa, best known for its diamonds and recent violent civil war, this covers 225 years of history and fills a gap in African studies.
Author : Dieter Nohlen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1001 pages
File Size : 40,39 MB
Release : 1999-07-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0198296452
Elections have always been an integral part of post-independence African politics and have assumed utmost importance in the course of recent democratisation processes. However, comparative research on the political development in Africa lacks reliable electoral data. Elections in Africa fills this cap. The handbook is the only reliable source for African elections from independence to present.In the first volume of this series, Elections in Africa presents a country-by-country study of African nations that provides a comparative introduction on elections and electoral systems. Each country chapter examines the history of the institutional and electoral arrangements, the evolution of suffrage and current electoral provisions. Precise and exhaustive data on national elections and referendums are presented comparatively. The book provides a definitive and comprehensive set ofdata on elections and electoral systems in order to facilitate comparative research. Data is presented in a systematic manner allowing for both historical and cross-national comparisons.
Author : Beverly Lindsay
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 39,52 MB
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 1135399425
First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Fred M. Hayward
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 42,17 MB
Release : 2019-08-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0429712006
The electoral process has been an integral part of the political landscape of independent Africa for more than a quarter-century and has roots going back to traditional African societies. An examination of the independence period demonstrates the rich diversity of forms, experiences, and meanings of elections in Africa. For some observers, elections are a clear example of multiple failures in Africa-the failure of democracy and institutional transfer and the breakdown of much of the African political process in general. The authors of this book argue that elections in Africa have played a much more significant role than has commonly been recognized; that in spite of problems, elections are an important part of African contemporary political life. It has been too easy to dismiss elections in Africa as irrelevant because there are fewer today than there were two decades ago or because they have frequently failed to conform to democratic norms. However, in a period in which the primary trends of government are toward exclusion, African elections provide one of the few instruments of political action open to civil society. This study of the electoral process suggests a number of themes and conclusions about the relationship of the electoral process to state power and institutions, elite competition, mass participation, legitimacy and its limits, ethnic conflict, mobilization, party competition, authoritarian regimes, the growing incidence of electoral violence, and mass support for democratic values. Fred M. Hayward's substantive introduction discusses the electoral process in general. Eight case studies of key African countries then illustrate the varied meanings and implications of elections in independent Africa, and in the final chapter Hayward draws conclusions about the role and impact of elections. It is clear that although electoral processes have demonstrated a certain fragility, both the form and the process have shown remarkable resilience.
Author : J. Kandeh
Publisher : Springer
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 17,51 MB
Release : 2004-11-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1403978778
Coups from Below represents the first major effort at studying coups carried out by the lumpen section or the subalterns of the armed forces of African states. No previous study has attempted to examine coup making by those in the bottom ranks of the military as a distinct pattern of intervention in African studies. Kandeh examines this pattern as broadly symptomatic of state failure, especially the inability of political leaders to institutionalize power, eradicate mass poverty and promote socioeconomic development.
Author : E Udogu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 10,55 MB
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1351738437
This title was first published in 2001. The central characteristics of political ethnicity and its dysfunctional attributes in African politics is vexing to Africa's policy makers. Moreover, as a conflictive ideology in national and international politics, many political actors would rather avoid it. In the past, nationalists have blamed ethnic chauvinists for fanning the embers of ethnicity, but today they realize they may have underestimated its prominence in African politics.