African Guerrillas - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0852558155 ISBN 13 : 9780852558157

Editeur : James Currey, 1998

Synopsis

Analyses African insurgencies and their relationship to the societies in which they are set and to the outside world. Insurgencies or guerrilla movements have come to occupy a prominent place in the politics of modern Africa. At one time they could be regarded as the means by which Africans fought for independence against colonial or white minority regimes which refused to concede it peacefully, but in the late-20th century they have become an important source of organized opposition to incumbent African governments. In some cases they have ousted those governments and established new regimes in their place; in other cases they have prompted state collapse. This collection of articles and case studies is written by contributors with a long-term direct contact with the insurgencies they describe. They analyze the relationship between insurgencies and the local societies in which they are set, the organizational principles upon which the insurgencies are based, and the relationship between the insurgencies and the widerworld. North America: Indiana U Press; Uganda: Fountain Publishers

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Insurgencies or guerrilla movements have come to occupy a prominent place in the politics of modern Africa. At one time they could be regarded as the means by which Africans fought for independence against colonial or white minority regimes which refused to concede it peacefully, but in the late-20th century they have become an important source of organized opposition to incumbent African governments. In some cases they have ousted those governments and established new regimes in their place; in other cases they have prompted state collapse. This collection of articles and case studies is written by contributors with a long-term direct contact with the insurgencies they describe. They analyze the relationship between insurgencies and the local societies in which they are set, the organizational principles upon which the insurgencies are based, and the relationship between the insurgencies and the wider world.

Revue de presse

The focus of African Guerrillas is unique. The incisiveness of Clapham's analysis will be no surprise to Africanists, but the timeliness and breadth of the contributions, coupled with the accessibility of the volume as a whole [...] should place it high on the reading list of anyone seeking an understanding of modern Africa beyond media-fuelled Afropessimism. --Journal of Modern African Studies

With works of this kind, we are back once more to the exacting level of observation and explication which gave African studies, in the wake of the 'old sociologists' of half a century ago and more, their claim to lasting validity. --The London Review of Books

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: James Currey
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0852558155
• ISBN 13: 9780852558157
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Éditeur: Clapham Christopher
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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