Playing The Marginality Game : Identity Politics In West Africa

In Guinea, situated in the background of central government struggles, rural elites use identity politics, through history and contemporary political reforms to maintain their privileges and perpetuate a generation-old local social contract that bridges ethnic and religious divides. Simultaneously, administrative reform and national unrest lead to the creative re-combination of sources of authority and practices of legitimate rule. Past periods of decolonization, socialism and authoritarian regime are reflected in contemporary struggles to make sense of participatory democracy and the future of the embattled Guinean national state.

• | Author: Anita Schroven
• | Publisher: Berghahn Books
• | Publication Date: Mar 27, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 230 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1789201896
• | ISBN-13: 9781789201895