Research Catalog

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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Details

Additional Authors

• Fawole, W. Alade
• Ukeje, Charles
• Codesria

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

• Regionalism > Africa, English-speaking West
• Africa, English-speaking West > Politics and government

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