Playing the Marginality Game
eBook - ePub

Playing the Marginality Game

Identity Politics in West Africa

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Playing the Marginality Game

Identity Politics in West Africa

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Maps, Figures and Tables
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Notes on Names and Spelling
  8. List of Acronyms
  9. Introduction. Identity at the Margins: A Place in Guinea
  10. Chapter 1. A Journey to the Margins?
  11. Chapter 2. Maintaining Marginality: Ethnic and National Elements of Identification
  12. Chapter 3. Reaching for the Margins: Negotiating State Power
  13. Chapter 4. Mixing and Mingling: New Politics, Old Structures?
  14. Chapter 5. Bargaining with an Ailing State
  15. Chapter 6. Citizenship at the Margins: Performing the Future State
  16. Conclusion. Liberties at the Margins: Playing the Game
  17. References
  18. Index