Burkina Faso : a history of power, protest and revolution / Ernest Harsch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harsch, Ernest.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burkina Faso--History.

Burkina Faso.

History.

Burkina Faso--Politics and government--1987-2014.

Politics and government.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 287 pages : maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Zed Books Ltd., 2017.

Summary:

"In October 2014, huge protests across Burkina Faso succeeded in overthrowing the long-entrenched regime of their authoritarian ruler, Blasie Compaoré. Defying all expectations, this popular movement went on to defeat an attempted coup by the old regime, making it possible for a transitional government to organize free and fair elections the following year. In doing so, the people of the previously obscure West African nation surprised the world, and their struggle stands as one of the few instances of a popular democratic uprising succeeding in postcolonial sub-Saharan Africa..." -- Page [4] of cover.

Contents:

Insurgent citizens and the State

Uneasy colonial roots

Ministries of Plunder

From crisis to revolution

Refashioning the state

On fragile ground

Mobilization from above and below

Coup and "rectification"

"Democracy" with a heavy hand

Enrichment in a land of poverty

Tug of war within the state

COntention in the streets

From confrontation to insurrection

A troubled transition

A new Burkina Faso ?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781786991355

1786991357

1786991365

9781786991362

OCLC:

979568619