| Description |
xii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction / I. William Zartman -- 2. Governance as Conflict Management in West Africa / I. William Zartman. The Nationalist Movement and the Suppression of Conflict. Independence and the Social Contract. The Military and the Repression of Conflict. Ethnoregional and Socioeconomic Demand Groups. The Rise of Procedural Demands. The Future of Substantive Demands -- 3. Political Polarization over Governance in Cote d'Ivoire / Tessy D. Bakary. Social Ranking and Ethnic Classification: Culture and Social Legitimacy. The Plantation: Economics and Social Legitimacy. From Conflict to Consensus: 1945-65. From Consensus to Conflict: 1965-90. Succession as a Political Opportunity Structure -- 4. Ghana: Conflict Reoriented / A. Adu Boahen. THe Nkrumah Regime. The National Liberation Council Regime, 1966-69. The Busia Regime, 1969-72. The Era of the Men on Horseback, 1972-79. The Limann Regime, 1979-81. Rawlings and His PNDC Regime, since 1981 |
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The Return to Democracy and Political Pluralism, 1988 and after. The Nature of Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Ghana -- 5. Nigeria: Conflict Unresolved / Alex Gboyega. Roots of Conflict in Colonial Rule. Political Conflict in the First Republic. Management by Violence and the Military Regime. Conflicts under the Second Republic. Conflict Management under the Military after 1984 -- 6. Conclusion: Management of Conflict in West Africa / Donald Rothchild. The Tenuous Balance between Group Demands and State Responses. The Structuring of Cooperation. Implications for Conflict Management |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-277) and index |
| Subject |
Conflict management -- Africa, West.
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Legitimacy of governments -- Africa, West.
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Political stability -- Africa, West.
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| SUBJECT |
Africa, Western -- Politics and government -- 1960- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001711
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| Author |
Zartman, I. William.
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| LC no. |
96018821 |
| ISBN |
0815797060 cloth alkaline paper |
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0815797052 pa alkaline paper |
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