Political history of Guinea since World War Two / Mohamed Saliou Camara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Camara, Mohamed Saliou.

Series:

Society and politics in Africa ; v. 23.

Society and politics in Africa ; v. 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decolonization.

History.

Autonomy and independence movements.

Guinea--Politics and government.

Guinea.

Politics and government.

Guinea--History--20th century.

Guinea--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

Decolonization--Guinea.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 531 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2014]

Summary:

Political History of Guinea since World War Two provides an in-depth study of the political evolution of Guinea from World War Two to the present. Based on primary-source information, it examines with rare depth and breadth the eventful history of this nation-state, whose trajectory has impacted in no small ways Francophone Africa and the rest of the continent. Interviews with some of the most knowledgeable and most credible actors and/or witnesses of Guinea's political history and archival research, including the papers of key individuals never opened to the public before, constitute the foun.

Contents:

Part I. The multi-stratum context of decolonization

1. The global context

2. The pan-African context

3. The context of French Guinea

Part II. Guinea under Sekou Toure's regime: 1958-1984

4. National sovereignty, statecraft and the making of single-party rule

5. Doctrinal paradigms and domestic policy of the Touré regime

6. The foreign policy of the Touré regime

7. From the PDG to the CMRN

Part III. Guinea under the regime of Lansana Conte and during its aftermath: 1984-2012

8. The Conté regime: military rule and transformation of the state

9. The economic and social policies of the Conté regime

10. Political liberalization and the democratization agenda

11. The foreign policy of the Conté regime

12. The twilight of the Conté regime

13. The CNDD regime and beyond: decadence and new dawn?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-517) and index.

ISBN:

9781433122439

143312243X

1453911162

9781453911167

OCLC:

871295508

Publisher Number:

40023414404