Political identity and conflict in central Angola, 1975-2002 / Justin Pearce.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pearce, Justin, author.

Series:

African studies series ; 134.

African studies ; 134

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola.

Political participation--Angola.

Political participation.

Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002.

Angola.

Angola--Politics and government--1975-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 184 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Political Identity & Conflict in Central Angola, 1975-2002

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the internal politics of the war that divided Angola for more than a quarter-century after its independence. It emphasises the Angolan people's relationship to the rival political forces that prevented the development of a united nation, an aspect of the conflict that has received little attention in earlier studies. Drawing upon interviews with farmers, town dwellers, soldiers and politicians in Central Angola, Justin Pearce examines the ideologies about nation and state that elites deployed in pursuit of hegemony and traces how people responded to these attempts at politicisation. The book not only demonstrates the potency of the rival conceptions of state and nation in shaping perceptions of self-interest and determining political loyalty, but also shows the ways in which allegiances could and did change for much of the Angolan population in response to the experience of military force.

Contents:

Anti-colonial mobilisation and the Portuguese exodus

UNITA 1975-1976 : from the cities to the "Long March"

The MPLA and urban state making

Migration, relocation and Identity

UNITA in the Central Highlands 1976-1991

UNITA at Jamba

The war of the cities

UNITA's last redoubts

The Luena agreement and politics today.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

ISBN:

1-108-46886-1

1-316-30978-9

1-316-32316-1

1-107-43893-4

1-316-32984-4

1-316-33318-3

1-316-32650-0

1-316-31980-6

1-139-94202-6