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UNINA9910464249503321 |
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Titolo |
Movers and shakers [[electronic resource] ] : social movements in Africa / / edited by Stephen Ellis, Ineke van Kessel |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-40133-5 |
90-474-4463-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (268 p.) |
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Collana |
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African dynamics, , 1568-1777 ; ; 8 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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EllisStephen <1953-> |
KesselIneke van |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social movements - Africa - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-253). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : African social movements or social movements in Africa? / Stephen Ellis & Ineke van Kessel -- Social movement theory : past, presence & prospects / Jacquelien van Stekelenburg & Bert Klandermans -- Speaking to global debates through a national and continental lens : South African and African social movements in comparative perspective / Adam Habib & Paul Opoku-Mensah -- African civil society, 'blood diamonds' and the Kimberley process / Lansana Gberie -- The Islamic courts union : the ebb and flow of a Somali Islamist movement / Jon Abbink -- Liberia's women acting for peace : collective action in a war-affected country / Veronika Fuest -- Nurtured from the pulpit : the emergence and growth of Malawi's democracy movement / Boniface Dulani -- Bare-foot activists : transformations in the haratine movement in Mauritania / Zekeria Ould Ahmed Salem -- An Islamic social movement in contemporary West Africa : NASFAT of Nigeria / Benjamin Soares -- The United Democratic Front's legacy in South Africa : mission accomplished or vision betrayed? / Ineke van Kessel -- 'Campus cults' in Nigeria : the development of an anti-social movement / Stephen Ellis. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Mobilization against apartheid, the campaign against blood diamonds, the women's movement in Liberia where Africa's first female head of |
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