Research Catalog

Title

Liberalism and its discontents: social movements in West Africa / edited by Ndongo Samba Sylla.

Publication

Senegal : Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, 2014.

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Additional Authors

Sylla, Ndongo Samba

Description

488 pages; 23 cm

Summary

The engaging and wide-ranging discussions published here explore contemporary political realities in Africa through a 'social movement' lens. Detailing the nuances of social movement politics in 12 West African countries during the 2010-2013 period, they present a chronicle of the socio-political struggles that have taken place in the region. In so doing, this volume answers key questions related to these movements. What logic drives them? What forms do they take? What has been their political impact? Can we speak of a resurgence of social movements? If so, are these a response to the crisis of 'representative democracy'? Did they give rise to new forms of expression and democratic participation? What challenges do they bring? Discontent vis-à-vis liberalism in its political and economic dimensions seems to be the trigger of the numerous popular uprisings and protests that occur in the region. In spite of their ambiguities and limitations, these struggles currently seek to remove a double disconnect: that between citizens and the 'representatives' and that between the economy and society, between what capital wants and what the people aspire to. --

Subject

• Social movements > Africa, West
• Social change > Africa, West
• Liberalism > Africa, West
• Democracy > Africa, West
• Representative government and representation > Africa, West
• Africa, West > Politics and government

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9781499324754
• 1499324758

OCLC

• 913079686
• SCSB-11498862

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library