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.…mehr
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.
Anita Schroven is Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. She has researched state identities in West Africa, along with practices of humanitarian intervention, science and knowledge production in the context of political and medical crises. She has held fellowships with the Pasteur Institute, France, and UNICAMP, Brazil.
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List of Maps and Figures Acknowledgements Notes on Names and Spelling List of Acronyms Introduction: Identity at the Margins: A Place in Guinea Chapter 1. A Journey to the Margins? Chapter 2. Maintaining Marginality: Ethnic and National Elements of Identification Chapter 3. Reaching for the Margins: Negotiating State Power Chapter 4. Mixing and Mingling: New Politics, Old Structures? Chapter 5. Bargaining with an Ailing State Chapter 6. Citizenship at the Margins: Performing the Future State Conclusion: Liberties at the Margins: Playing the Game References Index
List of Maps and Figures Acknowledgements Notes on Names and Spelling List of Acronyms Introduction: Identity at the Margins: A Place in Guinea Chapter 1. A Journey to the Margins? Chapter 2. Maintaining Marginality: Ethnic and National Elements of Identification Chapter 3. Reaching for the Margins: Negotiating State Power Chapter 4. Mixing and Mingling: New Politics, Old Structures? Chapter 5. Bargaining with an Ailing State Chapter 6. Citizenship at the Margins: Performing the Future State Conclusion: Liberties at the Margins: Playing the Game References Index
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