Playing the marginality game : identity politics in West Africa / Anita Schroven.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schroven, Anita, author.

Series:

Integration and conflict studies ; Volume 19.

Integration and conflict studies ; Volume 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political participation--Guinea.

Political participation.

Marginality, Social--Guinea.

Marginality, Social.

Identity politics--Guinea.

Identity politics.

Democracy--Guinea.

Democracy.

Forécariah (Guinea : Region).

Guinea--Politics and government.

Guinea.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn, 2019.

Summary:

In Guinea, situated against the background of central government struggles, rural elites use identity politics through contemporary political reforms to maintain their privileges and perpetuate a generations-old local social contract that bridges ethnic and religious divides. Simultaneously, administrative reform and national unrest lead to the creative re-combination of sources of authority and practices of legitimate rule. Past periods of colonization, socialism and authoritarian regime are reflected in contemporary struggles to make sense of participatory democracy and the future of the embattled Guinean national state.

Contents:

Introduction. Identity at the margins: a place in Guinea

A journey to the margins?

Maintaining marginality: ethnic and national elements of identification

Reaching for the margins: negotiating state power

Mixing and mingling: new politics, old structures?

Bargaining with an ailing state

Citizenship at the margins: performing the future state

Conclusion. Liberties at the margins: playing the game.

Notes:

"Published in Association with the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80758-404-6

1-78920-190-X

OCLC:

1077575909