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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458107603321

Titolo

Armée et politique au Niger [[electronic resource] /] / sous la direction de Kimba Idrissa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dakar, : CODESRIA, c2008

ISBN

1-282-90126-5

9786612901263

2-86978-387-6

2-86978-343-4

2-86978-266-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 p.)

Collana

Série de livres du Codesria

Altri autori (Persone)

KimbaIdrissa

Soggetti

Civil-military relations - Niger

Electronic books.

Niger Politics and government

Niger Armed Forces History

Niger Armed Forces Political activity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

L'état et le controle des chefs militaires en Afrique précoloniale : l'apparition des chefs de guerre au Katsina à la fin du XIXe siècle / Addo Mahamane -- La naissance de l'armée nationale au Niger : 1961-1974 / Aliou Mahamane -- Les militaires politiciens / Mahaman Tidjani Alou -- Le régime militaire de Senyi Kountché (1974-1987) / Mahaman Malam Issa -- Les régimes militaires entre 1974 et 1999 au Niger / Kimba Idrissa -- Esquisse d'une typologie des régimes militaires nigériens / Aboubacar Maidoka -- Mutineries militaires en période de démocratisation / Abdoulaye Niandou Souley -- Femmes en uniforme dans les secteurs militaire et para-militaire au Niger / Moussa Zangaou.

Sommario/riassunto

Niger's political history has lacked a synthesis on the army's involvement in politics since independence. The country is a fertile ground for such analysis. Between 1964 and 1999, the country witnessed three successful military coups during the democratisation process (April 1974, January 1996, and April 1999) and at least four



military coup attempts (1964, 1975, 1976, 1983). In its forty years of independence, Niger has been under military rule for twenty-one years. It has also experienced seven different institutional regimes while four out of the six presidents who headed the country were