Research Catalog

Title

The first Liberian civil war : the crises of underdevelopment / George Klay Kieh, Jr.

Author

Kieh, George Klay, Jr., 1956-

Publication

New York : Peter Lang, c2008.

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Details

Description

xii, 211 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"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."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Society and politics in Africa ; v. 17

Uniform Title

Society and politics in Africa ; v. 17.

Subject

• Geschichte
• 1989-1996
• Liberia > History > Causes. > Civil War, 1989-1996

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-198) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: Civil War and the Shattering of the Illusion of Stability and -- Prosperity in Liberia -- Explaining the Liberian Civil War: Theoretical Frameworks -- Setting the Stage: The Travails of the Liberian State -- The Cultural Crisis -- The Political Crisis -- The Economic Crisis -- The Social Crisis -- From The Crises of Underdevelopment to Civil War -- The Summary, the Lessons, Prescriptions and Conclusion.

ISBN

• 9780820488394 (pb : alk. paper)
• 0820488399 (pb : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2007000758

OCLC

• 77767281
• SCSB-10839228

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library