The impact of Liberia's election on West Africa : hearing before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights, and International Operations of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, February 8, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 109 p.) |
Soggetto topico |
Presidents - Liberia - Election
Democratization - Liberia Political stability - Africa, West Economic stabilization - Africa, West Nation-building - Africa, West |
Soggetto non controllato |
Presidents
Political stability Economic stabilization Liberia Biography & autobiography Political science Business & economics |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Impact of Liberia's Election on West Africa |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910694022703321 |
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Liberia [[electronic resource] ] : the violence of democracy / / Mary H. Moran |
Autore | Moran Mary H. <1957-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, Pa., : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
Disciplina | 966.62033 |
Collana | The ethnography of political violence |
Soggetto topico |
Democracy - Liberia
Political violence - Liberia |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8122-0284-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: Liberia, Violence, and Democracy -- Chapter 1. The Case for Indigenous Democracy -- Chapter 2. Contested Histories -- Chapter 3. Civilization and the Liberian Nation -- Chapter 4. The Promise and Terror of Elections -- Chapter 5. The Lock on the Outhouse Door: Discourses of Development -- Chapter 6. The Crisis of Youth and the Promise of the Future -- Chapter 7. Conclusion: A Wedding and a Funeral -- References -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463241703321 |
Moran Mary H. <1957->
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Liberia [[electronic resource] ] : the violence of democracy / / Mary H. Moran |
Autore | Moran Mary H. <1957-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, Pa., : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
Disciplina | 966.62033 |
Collana | The ethnography of political violence |
Soggetto topico |
Democracy - Liberia
Political violence - Liberia |
Soggetto non controllato |
African Studies
African-American Studies Anthropology Folklore Human Rights Law Linguistics Political Science |
ISBN | 0-8122-0284-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: Liberia, Violence, and Democracy -- Chapter 1. The Case for Indigenous Democracy -- Chapter 2. Contested Histories -- Chapter 3. Civilization and the Liberian Nation -- Chapter 4. The Promise and Terror of Elections -- Chapter 5. The Lock on the Outhouse Door: Discourses of Development -- Chapter 6. The Crisis of Youth and the Promise of the Future -- Chapter 7. Conclusion: A Wedding and a Funeral -- References -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787526303321 |
Moran Mary H. <1957->
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Liberia : the violence of democracy / / Mary H. Moran |
Autore | Moran Mary H. <1957-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, Pa., : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
Disciplina | 966.62033 |
Collana | The ethnography of political violence |
Soggetto topico |
Democracy - Liberia
Political violence - Liberia |
ISBN | 0-8122-0284-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: Liberia, Violence, and Democracy -- Chapter 1. The Case for Indigenous Democracy -- Chapter 2. Contested Histories -- Chapter 3. Civilization and the Liberian Nation -- Chapter 4. The Promise and Terror of Elections -- Chapter 5. The Lock on the Outhouse Door: Discourses of Development -- Chapter 6. The Crisis of Youth and the Promise of the Future -- Chapter 7. Conclusion: A Wedding and a Funeral -- References -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812186103321 |
Moran Mary H. <1957->
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Liberia / / Noah Berlatsky, book editor ; Frank Chalk, consulting editor |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Farmington Hills, Mich. : , : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (207 pages) : color illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 966.6203 |
Collana | Genocide and persecution |
Soggetto topico |
Political violence - Liberia
Crimes against humanity - Liberia Child soldiers - Liberia Human rights - Liberia |
ISBN | 0-7377-7014-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Historical background on Liberia -- Overview of the Liberian civil wars / Daniel Elwood Dunn -- Samuel K. Doe's regime struggles to rule Liberia after the assassination of Tolbert / Gregory Jaynes -- Child soldiers are used routinely in the Liberian conflict / Human Rights Watch -- Diamonds fuel violence in Liberia and surrounding countries / Lansana Gberie -- A peace agreement ends the conflict in Liberia -- The Truth and Reconciliation Commission states its findings -- Charles Taylor is convicted of war crimes / Associated Press -- Liberian refugees must decide whether to return to Liberia / Chris Stein -- Controversies surrounding Liberia -- The Liberian war was fueled by ethnic tensions / Veronica Nmoma-Hilliard -- The Liberian war was motivated by political factors, not ethnicity / Isabelle Duyvesteyn -- The Sierra Leone/Liberian conflict was fueled by the diamond trade / James Rupert -- Diamonds did not directly cause the Sierra Leone/Liberian conflict / Se Young Jang -- Child soldiers should not be prosecuted for war crimes / David M. Crane -- There are legal and moral difficulties with refusing to prosecute child soldiers / IRIN -- ECOWAS peacekeeping efforts in Liberia were beneficial / Natalie E. Brown -- ECOWAS peacekeeping efforts prolonged the Liberian conflict / Luca Renda -- Refugees, like those from Liberia, tend to spread conflict and violence / Sarah Kenyon Lischer -- Refugees, like those from Liberia, have benefited the countries they entered / Karen Jacobson -- The Truth and Reconciliation report has helped Liberians heal / Glenna Gordon -- The Truth and Reconciliation report has caused dangerous divisions in Liberia / Semantics King, Jr -- Personal narratives -- A Liberian woman remembers her chilhood and the 1980 coup in Liberia / Helene Cooper -- A Liberian woman remembers fleeing Liberia as a refugee / Louise G'esedeh Barton -- A Sierra Leone man remembers being a child soldier / Ishmael Beah -- A Liberian woman remembers being a rebel soldier / Diane Taylor -- Liberians in Minnesota tell stories of abuse and torture / Toni Randolph. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162721703321 |
Farmington Hills, Mich. : , : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, , 2014 | ||
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Life after Guns : Reciprocity and Respect among Young Men in Liberia / / Abby Hardgrove |
Autore | Hardgrove Abby V (Abby Virginia), <1983-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, New Jersey : , : Rutgers University Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (177 pages) |
Disciplina | 305.2421096662 |
Collana | The Rutgers series in childhood studies |
Soggetto topico |
Veteran reintegration - Liberia
Child soldiers - Liberia Young men - Liberia - Social conditions - 21st century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Soggetto non controllato | child, children, childhood, childhood studies, Liberia, child soldiers, civil war, war, violence, war culture, gun, guns, bullets, fighting, armed conflict, missile, combat, ground troops, troops, military |
ISBN |
0-8135-7349-1
0-8135-7350-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- A history of violence -- Reciprocity, respect, and becoming "established" -- Street youth: life on the periphery -- Life in armed groups -- Life after guns: reintegration as social process -- Conclusion: on dominance and discourse. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910309959603321 |
Hardgrove Abby V (Abby Virginia), <1983->
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Life after Guns : Reciprocity and Respect among Young Men in Liberia / / Abby Hardgrove |
Autore | Hardgrove Abby V (Abby Virginia), <1983-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, New Jersey : , : Rutgers University Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (177 pages) |
Disciplina | 305.2421096662 |
Collana | The Rutgers series in childhood studies |
Soggetto topico |
Veteran reintegration - Liberia
Child soldiers - Liberia Young men - Liberia - Social conditions - 21st century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Soggetto non controllato | child, children, childhood, childhood studies, Liberia, child soldiers, civil war, war, violence, war culture, gun, guns, bullets, fighting, armed conflict, missile, combat, ground troops, troops, military |
ISBN |
0-8135-7349-1
0-8135-7350-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- A history of violence -- Reciprocity, respect, and becoming "established" -- Street youth: life on the periphery -- Life in armed groups -- Life after guns: reintegration as social process -- Conclusion: on dominance and discourse. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996449441003316 |
Hardgrove Abby V (Abby Virginia), <1983->
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Post-war regimes and state reconstruction in Liberia and Sierra Leone [[electronic resource] /] / Amadu Sesay [et al.] |
Autore | Sesay Amadu |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dakar, : Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (122 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.96662 |
Collana | Codesria book series |
Soggetto topico |
Postwar reconstruction - Sierra Leone
Postwar reconstruction - Liberia |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-90150-8
9786612901508 2-86978-413-9 2-86978-369-8 2-86978-300-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Post-war regimes and state reconstruction: a framework for analysis and comparative experience -- State collapse and civil wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone -- Regime types and post-war reconstruction in Liberia -- Regime types and post-war reconstruction in Sierra Leone -- Post-war regimes and reconstruction: analysis of empirical data from Liberia and Sierra Leone. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458228003321 |
Sesay Amadu
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Post-war regimes and state reconstruction in Liberia and Sierra Leone [[electronic resource] /] / Amadu Sesay [et al.] |
Autore | Sesay Amadu |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dakar, : Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (122 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.96662 |
Altri autori (Persone) | UkejeCharles |
Collana | Codesria book series |
Soggetto topico |
Postwar reconstruction - Sierra Leone
Postwar reconstruction - Liberia |
ISBN |
1-282-90150-8
9786612901508 2-86978-413-9 2-86978-369-8 2-86978-300-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Post-war regimes and state reconstruction: a framework for analysis and comparative experience -- State collapse and civil wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone -- Regime types and post-war reconstruction in Liberia -- Regime types and post-war reconstruction in Sierra Leone -- Post-war regimes and reconstruction: analysis of empirical data from Liberia and Sierra Leone. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791447103321 |
Sesay Amadu
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Dakar, : Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, c2009 | ||
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Post-war regimes and state reconstruction in Liberia and Sierra Leone / / Amadu Sesay [et al.] |
Autore | Sesay Amadu |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dakar, : Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (122 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.96662 |
Collana | Codesria book series |
Soggetto topico |
Postwar reconstruction - Sierra Leone
Postwar reconstruction - Liberia |
ISBN |
1-282-90150-8
9786612901508 2-86978-413-9 2-86978-369-8 2-86978-300-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Post-war regimes and state reconstruction: a framework for analysis and comparative experience -- State collapse and civil wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone -- Regime types and post-war reconstruction in Liberia -- Regime types and post-war reconstruction in Sierra Leone -- Post-war regimes and reconstruction: analysis of empirical data from Liberia and Sierra Leone. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809220603321 |
Sesay Amadu
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