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xii, 312 pages : maps ; 25 cm. |
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Western African studies |
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Western African studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-306) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Origins of State Fragility -- Precolonial Polities and the Afro-European Encounter -- Indigenous Polities and Intersocietal Relations in Precolonial Guinea-Bissau -- Overview of Portuguese-African Political Relations and Warfare, 1446-1890 -- African Kingdoms at War, Changing Fulbe Alliances, and Portuguese Aggression, 1840s-1910 -- Vanquished State, Terrorist State -- The Vanquished State: Multiethnic Resistance and the Great Siege of Bissau, 1890s-1909 -- The Terrorist State: Conquest through Mercenary Pillage -- The "Settled" Colonial Period -- Military Resistance to State Building, 1923-1950 -- Sociocultural Aspects of a Strong Rural Civil Society, 1920-1960 -- The Colonial State and the Informal Economic Sector -- War and the Postcolonial State -- Rural Civil Society's Multiethnic Mobilization for Independence -- Postcolonial Legacies: Weak State, Strong Civil Society -- The Postcolonial State, the Economy, and Renewed War -- Conclusions: Guinea-Bissau in Comparative Perspective. |
| Summary |
"Forrest argues that despite European influences, the contemporary fragility of African states can be fully appreciated only by examining the indigenous social context in which these states evolved. Focusing on Guinea-Bissau, Forrest exposes the emergence of a strong and adaptable "rural civil society" that can be traced back to precolonial times." "Lineages of State Fragility analyzes the social, political, and military experiences of rural civil society and villagers' success in maintaining their autonomy. Forrest identifies interethnic social and military practices that became entrenched in rural social structures and continued to evolve through the colonial period, enabling Guinea-Bissauans to resist state predation." "Lineages of State Fragility offers an unorthodox explanation of African politics by tracing direct social links among the precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial periods and affirms the role of rural actors in determining present-day political outcomes."--Jacket. |
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Civil society -- Guinea-Bissau.
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Sociology, Rural -- Guinea-Bissau.
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Political stability -- Guinea-Bissau.
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Legitimacy of governments -- Guinea-Bissau.
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Civil society. (OCoLC)fst00862876
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Legitimacy of governments. (OCoLC)fst00995908
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Political stability. (OCoLC)fst01069883
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Sociology, Rural. (OCoLC)fst01123947
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Guinea-Bissau. (OCoLC)fst01208732
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| ISBN |
0821414909 (alk. paper) |
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9780821414903 (alk. paper) |
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0852554966 |
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9780852554968 |
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