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Youth and the State in Guinea: Meandering Lives Michelle Engeler
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Engeler, Michelle <p>Michelle Engeler, Universität Basel, Schweiz</p>, Author.
- Series:
- Kultur und soziale Praxis.
- Kultur und soziale Praxis
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Guinea.
- West Africa.
- Youth.
- State.
- State-Society Relations.
- Culture.
- Politics.
- Ethnology.
- Political Sociology.
- Africa.
- Local Subjects:
- Guinea.
- West Africa.
- Youth.
- State.
- State-Society Relations.
- Culture.
- Politics.
- Ethnology.
- Political Sociology.
- Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (203 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Engeler, Youth and the State in Guinea: Meandering Lives
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2019
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Biography/History:
- Michelle Engeler (PhD) works at the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Basel. Her research interests focus on youth, political change and mobility, particularly in West Africa.
- Summary:
- By combining an ethnographic study of youth with an analysis of the local state in the making, this research monograph introduces the perspective of »meandering lives« to grasp being young and growing up in the Guéckédou borderland, a remote space approximately 700 kilometers southeast of Conakry, Guinea's capital. This history-sensitive perspective represents a fruitful lens to not only depict youth but to also draw a nuanced picture of the functioning of the state in Guinea.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter 1 Content 5 List of tables and abbreviations 9 Acknowledgments 11 Prologue: Who is young, is courageous! 13 I. Introduction 15 II. At the crossroads. The Guéckédou borderland in the making 39 III. Get the state to work. State iconoclasm and revolutionary youth 57 IV. I am the state. Re-making the state in post-revolutionary Guinea 73 V. Meandering. Being young and growing up 95 VI. Dangerous times. In defence of the homeland 113 VII. War-peace continuum. On the move 127 VIII. Entrepreneurial spirit. Associational life 141 IX. Distant horizons. Belief and innovative development 153 X. Concluding remarks 165 Epilogue: Mutual dependency 173 Appendix I. Timeline of important events in Guinea 175 Appendix II. Key informants 179 Bibliography 183
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9783839445709
- 3839445701
- OCLC:
- 1129172370
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