Liberia and Sierra Leone: An Essay in Comparative Politics (African Studies, Series Number 20)
ISBN-13:
9780521099806
ISBN-10:
0521099803
Edition:
1
Author:
Christopher Clapham
Publication date:
2009
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Format:
Paperback
172 pages
Category:
African History
,
World History
,
Sociology
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ISBN-13:
9780521099806
ISBN-10:
0521099803
Edition:
1
Author:
Christopher Clapham
Publication date:
2009
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Format:
Paperback
172 pages
Category:
African History
,
World History
,
Sociology
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Liberia and Sierra Leone: An Essay in Comparative Politics (African Studies, Series Number 20) (ISBN-13: 9780521099806 and ISBN-10: 0521099803), written by authors
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Very similar in some ways, but strikingly different in others, Sierra Leone and Liberia have an obvious appeal for comparative analysis. They share the legacy of foundation by immigrants of African descent and the juxtaposition of these with indigenous peoples, but within the contrasting institutional frameworks of settler independence and British colonialism. They have similar social and economic structures but sharply dissimilar political records: Liberia has long been regarded as the classic case of stability at the price of oligarchy, whereas Sierra Leone, after a period as West Africa's most successful two-party democracy, suffered a succession of military coups and by 1973 was effectively a single-party state. This study seeks to analyse and account for both similarities and differences, looking at the two countries' experience in the 1960s and early 1970s, not only in central politics but also at the local level and in economic policy.
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