Extralegal Groups in Post-conflict Liberia

Extralegal Groups in Post-conflict Liberia
Author: Christine Cheng
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2018
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199673349

This book examines how the economic survival strategies of former fighters in Liberia can help explain the trajectories of war-to-peace transitions.

The First Liberian Civil War

The First Liberian Civil War
Author: George Klay Kieh
Publisher: Peter Lang
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2008
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780820488394

This book challenges the dominant view that the first Liberian civil war was caused by ethno-cultural antagonisms between and among the country's various ethnic groups. Alternatively, the book argues that the war was the consequence of the multifaceted crises of underdevelopment - cultural, economic, political, and social - generated by the neo-colonial Liberian State.

Development, (Dual) Citizenship and Its Discontents in Africa

Development, (Dual) Citizenship and Its Discontents in Africa
Author: Robtel Neajai Pailey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2021-01-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1108836542

Based on rich oral histories, this is an engaging study of citizenship construction and practice in Liberia, Africa's first black republic.

Civil War and State Formation

Civil War and State Formation
Author: Felix Gerdes
Publisher: Campus Verlag
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2013-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3593398923

Liberia was the scene of two devastating civil wars since late 1989 and became widely considered a failed state. By contrast, the country is frequently described as a success story since the international professional Ellen Johnson Sirleaf assumed the presidency following democratic elections in 2005. The book investigates the political economy of civil war and democratic peace and puts the developments into historical perspective. The author argues that the civil wars did not represent the breakdown of the state but exhibited dynamics characteristic of state formation. His analysis of continuity and change in Liberia's political evolution details both political progress and persistent structural deficits of the polity. Book jacket.

Africa Yearbook Volume 16

Africa Yearbook Volume 16
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 580
Release: 2020-09-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004430016

The Africa Yearbook covers major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends in sub-Sahara Africa – all related to developments in one calendar year. The Yearbook contains articles on all sub-Saharan states, each of the four sub-regions (West, Central, Eastern, Southern Africa) focusing on major cross-border developments and sub-regional organizations as well as one article on continental developments and one on African-European relations. While the articles have thorough academic quality, the Yearbook is mainly oriented to the requirements of a large range of target groups: students, politicians, diplomats, administrators, journalists, teachers, practitioners in the field of development aid as well as business people.

Liberia's Civil War

Liberia's Civil War
Author: Adekeye Adebajo
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781588260529

This text aims to unravel the tangled web of the conflict by addressing questions including: why did Nigeria intervene in Liberia and remain committed throughout the seven-year civil war?; and to what extent was ECOMOG's intervention shaped by Nigeria's hegemonic aspirations.

The Political Economy of Rural-urban Conflict

The Political Economy of Rural-urban Conflict
Author: Topher L. McDougal
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2017
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 019879259X

Why do some rebel insurgencies target cities as economic prey, whilst others are content to trade with them? This volume examines how the trade networks underpinning the economic relationship between rural and urban areas differ in their impact on (and response to) the combat frontier.