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Liberia : the violence of democracy / Mary H. Moran.
LIBRA DT636.5 .M69 2006
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moran, Mary H., 1957-
- Series:
- Ethnography of political violence
- The ethnography of political violence
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy.
- Political violence.
- Liberia--History--Civil War, 1989-.
- Liberia.
- History.
- Political violence--Liberia.
- Democracy--Liberia.
- Liberia--Politics and government--1980-.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 190 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2006]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Liberia, Violence, and Democracy 1
- 1 The Case for Indigenous Democracy 27
- 2 Contested Histories 53
- 3 Civilization and the Liberian Nation 74
- 4 The Promise and Terror of Elections 101
- 5 The Lock on the Outhouse Door: Discourses of Development 124
- 6 The Crisis of Youth and the Promise of the Future 140
- 7 Conclusion: A Wedding and a Funeral 156.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-178) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0812239075
- OCLC:
- 60742130
- Publisher Number:
- 9780812239072
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