Based on extensive research in Cameroon since 1989, African State and Society in the 1990s is the first major English-language study that covers the political crisis there of the early 1990s between the regime and opposition forces and the ensuing impasse of the mid-decade. Appearing at a time when national elections for 1997 may trigger further conflicts, the book adds a key case study to African democratization scholarship. } African State and Society in the 1990s is the first comprehensive English-language book to ...
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Based on extensive research in Cameroon since 1989, African State and Society in the 1990s is the first major English-language study that covers the political crisis there of the early 1990s between the regime and opposition forces and the ensuing impasse of the mid-decade. Appearing at a time when national elections for 1997 may trigger further conflicts, the book adds a key case study to African democratization scholarship. } African State and Society in the 1990s is the first comprehensive English-language book to appear on Cameroons political events since 1989. Designed for academic and policy studies readers, it covers developments from the 1960s to the present as background for an analysis of the continuing conflict since 1990 between the regime and political opposition over democratization. Based on extensive research in Cameroon between 1989 and 1995 in the form of interviews, independent press articles, and major political parties writings, African State and Society in the 1990s details political confrontationsevolving from bullets to ballotsin the context of a sharply declining economy and a society wrought with ethnic, linguistic, and constitutional tensions. The authors show how the competitive stakes rise as a previously effective political class faces unsubdued challenges to its hegemony over major enterprises. The uncertainty is heightened by the fact that no coherent alliance or potentially successor group has yet emerged from the opposition forces, which now operate across Cameroons social landscape.The books analysis of the disarray raises hard questions about whether the nation-state can still serve as a model of stability. The national elections in 1997 make the book particularly timely as a specific case studyapplicable to Africa at largethat gives insights into the chances for successful resolution of the continents volatile political conflicts. }
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN: 0813334284.
Add this copy of African State and Society in the 1990s: Cameroon's to cart. $112.75, very good condition, Sold by Solr Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Skokie, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Westview Press.
