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Sierra Leone

- A Political History
Af: David Harris Engelsk Paperback

Sierra Leone

- A Political History
Af: David Harris Engelsk Paperback
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Sierra Leone came to world attention in the 1990s when a catastrophic civil war linked to the diamond trade was reported globally. This fleeting and particular interest, however, obscured two crucial processes in this small West African state. On the one hand, while the civil war was momentous and brutal, affecting all Sierra Leoneans, it was also just one element in the long and faltering attempt to build a nation and state, given the country’s immensely problematic pre-colonial and British colonial legacies. On the other, the aftermath of the war precipitated a huge international effort to construct a ‘liberal peace’, with mixed results, and interrupted by the devastating Ebola pandemic. This made Sierra Leone a laboratory for both post-conflict and health crisis interventions. Sierra Leone examines over 230 years of its history and sixty years of independence, placing state–society relations at the centre of an original and revealing investigation of those who have tried to rule or change Sierra Leone and its inhabitants, and the responses engendered. It interweaves the historical narrative with sketches of politicians, anecdotes, the landscape and environment and key turning-points, alongside theoretical and other comparisons with the rest of Africa. It is a new contribution to the debate for those who already know Sierra Leone and a solid point of entry for those who wish to.
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Sierra Leone came to world attention in the 1990s when a catastrophic civil war linked to the diamond trade was reported globally. This fleeting and particular interest, however, obscured two crucial processes in this small West African state. On the one hand, while the civil war was momentous and brutal, affecting all Sierra Leoneans, it was also just one element in the long and faltering attempt to build a nation and state, given the country’s immensely problematic pre-colonial and British colonial legacies. On the other, the aftermath of the war precipitated a huge international effort to construct a ‘liberal peace’, with mixed results, and interrupted by the devastating Ebola pandemic. This made Sierra Leone a laboratory for both post-conflict and health crisis interventions. Sierra Leone examines over 230 years of its history and sixty years of independence, placing state–society relations at the centre of an original and revealing investigation of those who have tried to rule or change Sierra Leone and its inhabitants, and the responses engendered. It interweaves the historical narrative with sketches of politicians, anecdotes, the landscape and environment and key turning-points, alongside theoretical and other comparisons with the rest of Africa. It is a new contribution to the debate for those who already know Sierra Leone and a solid point of entry for those who wish to.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 256
ISBN-13: 9781787384125
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1787384128
Kategori: Sierra Leone
Udg. Dato: 26 nov 2020
Længde: 18mm
Bredde: 218mm
Højde: 142mm
Forlag: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Oplagsdato: 26 nov 2020
Forfatter(e): David Harris
Forfatter(e) David Harris


Kategori Sierra Leone


ISBN-13 9781787384125


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 256


Udgave


Længde 18mm


Bredde 218mm


Højde 142mm


Udg. Dato 26 nov 2020


Oplagsdato 26 nov 2020


Forlag C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

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