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The crisis of the state & regionalism in West Africa : identity, citizenship, and conflict / edited by W. Alade Fawole & Charles Ukeje.
- Title
- The crisis of the state & regionalism in West Africa : identity, citizenship, and conflict / edited by W. Alade Fawole & Charles Ukeje.
- Publication
- Dakar : Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, c2005.
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- Description
- ix, 226 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- This collection of essays critically interrogates the internal dimensions of the identity and citizenship crises at the root of the political crises of states in West Africa, and considers the steps that have been taken thus far to address them. It shows how the progressive alienation of ordinary people from the state, coupled with factors of historical identity and post-colonial citizenship are at the heart of the political crisis and conflicts in the region; and argues that these matters must be addressed if West African states are to achieve democratic nationhood.
- Series Statement
- CODESRIA book series
- Uniform Title
- Codesria book series
- Alternative Title
- Crisis of the state and regionalism in West Africa
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-226).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Identity, citizenship and conflict: the African experience -- The state in West Africa: the crisis of production, democracy and national identity -- Colonial history and the search for democratic nationhood: the case of Anglophone West Africa -- The construction of a leviathan: state building, identity formation and political stability in Nigeria -- Drama and the quest for democracy in post-colonial Nigeria: notions, reflections and prospects -- National reconciliation or polarization? preliminary reflections on the politics of the Ghana National Reconciliation Commission -- Truth without reconciliation: the Niger delta and the continuing challenge of national reconciliation -- From economic cooperation to collective security: ECOWAS and the changing imperatives of sub-regionalism in West Africa -- Taking regionalism a step further: the need to involve the household in the development of the West African Region -- Civil wars and the refugee crisis in West Africa: a case study of Liberian refugees in Nigeria -- Can ECOWAS re-invent the nationalist dream in West Africa? Reflections on the protocol on democracy and good governance.
- ISBN
- 2869781660
- LCCN
- ^^2007543001
- OCLC
- 62885469
- SCSB-11598697
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library