Playing the marginality game : identity politics in West Africa
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Playing the marginality game : identity politics in West Africa
（Integration and conflict studies / Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, v. 19）
Berghahn Books, 2019
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-211) and index
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Description
In Guinea, situated against the background of central government struggles, rural elites use identity politics through contemporary political reforms to maintain their privileges and perpetuate a generations-old local social contract that bridges ethnic and religious divides. Simultaneously, administrative reform and national unrest lead to the creative re-combination of sources of authority and practices of legitimate rule. Past periods of colonization, socialism and authoritarian regime are reflected in contemporary struggles to make sense of participatory democracy and the future of the embattled Guinean national state.
Table of Contents
List of Maps and Figures
Acknowledgements
Notes on Names and Spelling
List of Acronyms
Introduction: Identity at the Margins: A Place in Guinea
Chapter 1. A Journey to the Margins?
Chapter 2. Maintaining Marginality: Ethnic and National Elements of Identification
Chapter 3. Reaching for the Margins: Negotiating State Power
Chapter 4. Mixing and Mingling: New Politics, Old Structures?
Chapter 5. Bargaining with an Ailing State
Chapter 6. Citizenship at the Margins: Performing the Future State
Conclusion: Liberties at the Margins: Playing the Game
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Index
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