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050 4 _aDT636.5 -- .M69 2006eb
082 0 _a966.6203/3
100 1 _aMoran, Mary H.
245 1 0 _aLiberia :
_bThe Violence of Democracy.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aPhiladelphia :
_bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,
_c2008.
264 4 _c©2006.
300 _a1 online resource (201 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aThe Ethnography of Political Violence Series
505 0 _aCover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: Liberia, Violence, and Democracy -- 1: The Case for Indigenous Democracy -- 2: Contested Histories -- 3: Civilization and the Liberian Nation -- 4: The Promise and Terror of Elections -- 5: The Lock on the Outhouse Door: Discourses of Development -- 6: The Crisis of Youth and the Promise of the Future -- 7: Conclusion: A Wedding and a Funeral -- References -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
520 _aMoran argues that democracy is not a foreign import into Africa, but that essential aspects of what we in the West consider democratic values are part of the indigenous traditions of legitimacy and political process.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aDemocracy-Liberia.
650 0 _aPolitical violence-Liberia.
650 0 _aLiberia-Politics and government-1980-.
650 0 _aLiberia-History-Civil War, 1999-2003.
650 0 _aLiberia-History-Civil War, 1989-1996.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aMoran, Mary H.
_tLiberia
_dPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,c2008
_z9780812220285
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 4 _aThe Ethnography of Political Violence Series
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3442170
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