Politics and policies in Upper Guinea Coast societies : change and continuity

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Politics and policies in Upper Guinea Coast societies : change and continuity

Christian K. Højbjerg, Jacqueline Knörr, William P. Murphy, editors

Palgrave Macmillan, c2017

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • Introduction : deconstructing tropes of politics and policies in Upper Guinea Coast societies / Christian K. Højbjerg, Jacqueline Knörr, and William P. Murphy
  • Poro society, migration, and political incorporation on the freetown peninsula, Sierra Leone / Anaïs Ménard
  • Challenging the classical parameters of "Doing host-refugee politics" : the case of casamance refugees in the Gambia / Charlotte Ray
  • Betterment versus complicity : struggling with patron-client logics in Sierra Leone / Anne Menzel
  • Kinship tropes as critique of patronage in postwar Sierra Leone / William P. Murphy
  • Grand narratives of crisis : customary conflicts as a factor in the Liberian Civil War and implications for policy / David Brown
  • Historicizing as a legal trope of jeopardy in asylum narratives and expert testimonies of gender-based violence / Benjamin N. Lawrance
  • Revisiting tropes of environmental and social change in Casamance, Senegal / Martin Evans
  • Casamance secession : national narratives of marginalization and integration / Markus Rudolf
  • Transcending traditional tropes : autochthony as a discourse of conflict and integration in postwar Krio/Non-Krio relations in Sierra Leone / Sylvanus Spencer
  • Ethnicity as trope of political belonging and conflict : cape verdean identity and agency in Guinea-Bissau / Christoph Kohl
  • Dynamics in the host-stranger paradigm : the broker role of a latecomer association in Western Côte d'Ivoire / Katharina Heitz Tokpa
  • Roads as imaginary for employing idle youth in the post-conflict Liberian state / Jairo Munive
  • Tropes, networks, and higher education in post-conflict Sierra Leone : policy formation at the University of Makeni / David O'Kane
  • Bulletproofing : small arms, international law, and spiritual security in the Gambia / Niklas Hultin

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Description

This book examines the radical changes in social and political landscape of the Upper Guinea Coast region over the past 30 years as a result of civil wars, post-war interventions by international, humanitarian agencies and peacekeeping missions, as well as a regional public health crisis (Ebola epidemic). The emphasis on 'crises' in this book draws attention to the intense socio-transformations in the region over the last three decades. Contemporary crises and changes in the region provoke a challenge to accepted ways of understanding and imagining socio-political life in the region - whether at the level of subnational and national communities, or international and regional structures of interest, such as refugees, weapon trafficking, cross-border military incursions, regional security, and transnational epidemics. This book explores and transcends the central explanatory tropes that have oriented research on the region and re-evaluates them in the light of the contemporary structural dynamics of crises, changes and continuities.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Deconstructing Tropes of Politics and Policies in Upper GuineaChristian K. Hojbjerg, Jacqueline Knoerr, William P. Murphy Part I: (Re-)Configuration of Identifications and Alliances 2. Poro Society, Migration and Political Incorporation on the Freetown Peninsula, Sierra LeoneAnais Menard 3. Challenging the Classical Parameters of 'Doing Host-Refugee Politics': The Case of Casamance Refugees in The GambiaCharlotte Ray 4. Betterment versus Complicity: Struggling with Patron-Client Logica in Sierra LeoneAnne Menzel 5. Kinship Tropes as Critique of Patronage in Post-War Sierra LeoneWilliam P. Murphy Part II: Challenging Conventions of Explaining and Situating Violent Conflict 6. Grand Narratives of Crisis: Grand Narratives of Crisis: Customary Conflicts as a Factor in the Liberian Civil War and Implications for PolicyDavid Brown 7. Historicizing as a Legal Trope of Jeopardy in Asylum Narratives and Expert Testimonies of Gender-Based ViolenceBenjamin Lawrance 8. Revisiting Tropes of Environmental and Social Change in Casamance, SenegalMartin Evans 9. Casamance Secession: National Narratives of Marginalization and IntegrationMarkus Rudolf Part III: (Re-)Contextualizing Postcolonial Statehood and National Belonging 10. Transcending Traditional Tropes: Autochthony as a Discourse of Conflict and Integration in Post-war Krio/Non-Krio Relations in Sierra LeoneSylvanus Spencer 11. Ethnicity as Trope of Political Belonging and Conflict: Cape Verdean Identity and Agency in Guinea-BissauChristoph Kohl 12. Dynamics in the Host-Stranger Paradigm: The Broker Role of a Latecomer Association in Western Cote d'IvoireKatharina Heitz Tokpa Part IV: (Re-)Conceptualizing Development and Intervention 13. Roads as Imaginary for Employing Idle Youth in the Post-Conflict Liberian StateJairo Munive 14. Tropes, Networks and Higher Education in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone: Policy Formation at the University of MakeniDavid O'Kane 15. Bulletproofing: Small Arms, International Law, and Spiritual Security in the GambiaNiklas Hultin

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