National Liberation Movements as Government in Africa (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Bereketeab, Redie

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyses the performance of national liberation movements in Africa after they gain state power. Bringing together case studies from across Africa, the book builds a comprehensive analysis of the challenges national liberation movements face when ascending power, and why so many ultimately end in failure.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351588836
• Artikelnr.: 49262686

Autorenporträt

Redie Bereketeab is Associate Professor of Sociology and Senior Researcher at The Nordic African Institute, Uppsala, Sweden.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Conceptualisation and Performance of National Liberation
Movements-cum-Governments
Chapter One: Introduction: Understanding National Liberation Movements
Chapter Two: Varieties of African liberation movement governments
Chapter Three: Liberation Movements and the "Democratic Deficit"
Part II: Liberation Struggles against European Colonisation
Chapter Four: The MPLA Government and its Post-liberation Record in Angola
Chapter Five: From Former Liberation Movement to Four Decades in
Government: The Maintenance of the Frelimo State
Chapter Six: From Cabral's Liberation Movement to Power Struggle and
Ideological Erosion: The Decline of PAIGC in Guinea-Bissau
Chapter Seven: From Anticolonial Liberation Movement to Ruling Party: The
FLN in Algeria
Part III: Liberation Struggles against White Minority Rule
Chapter Eight: The African National Congress: From Liberation Movement to
Neoliberal State Manager
Chapter Nine: ZANU-PF in Power in Zimbabwe, 1980-2013: Towards Explaining
Why Former Liberation Movements Fail as Governments
Part IV: Liberation Struggles against Annexation by Neighbouring Countries
Chapter Ten: Struggle Mentality versus Democracy: The Case of SWAPO of
Namibia
Chapter Eleven: Problems of Transition to Civic Governance in Eritrea
Chapter Twelve: Understanding Rebellion in South Sudan
Part V: Liberation Struggles for Reform (Regime Change)
Chapter Thirteen: Liberation Movements Turned Governments: The Ugandan
Experience
Chapter Fourteen: Ethiopia: The Quest for Transformation under EPRDF
Chapter Fifteen: Liberation Struggle for Regime Change: Somaliland's
transition from conflict to civilian government
Chapter Sixteen: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: The Birth and
Breakdown of Somali Armed Movements, 1976-99