Beyond plunder: toward democratic governance in Liberia
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| adam_text | BEYOND
PLUNDER
Toward Democratic
Governance in Liberia
Amos Sawyer
LYNNE
R IENNER
PUBLISHERS
BOULDER
LONDON
Contents
Preface: An Outlook from a Scholar-Activist xi
1 Liberia s Path to the Present 1
Institutional Analysis and the Story of Liberia 2
Recurrent Themes 5
Terms and Contexts 8
Foundations of Centralization in Liberia 11
2 The Legacy of Predation and Violence 23
Military Roots of Violent Conflict 23
The Irony of Taylor s Entrepreneurial Role 26
Understanding the Nature and Reach of the Violence 29
The International Context of Gangsterism in Liberia 33
Capitalizing on Predation in the West African
Environment 36
Armed Gangs and Global Economic Order 37
False Starts at Conflict Resolution 40
Consequences of State Failure and Violence 43
Gruesome Picture, Ray of Hope 57
3 Foundations for a New Order 57
Local Institutions and Local Governance 58
Local Institutions and Conflict Resolution 62
Collective Action and Associational Life 67
Religious-Based Institutions 70
Economic Organizations 72
VII
viii Contents
Entrepreneurial Spirit in Service to Self-Governance 73
Local Nongovernmental Organizations 75
International Nongovernmental Organizations 76
The Liberian Diaspora Communities 78
Resources for Survival and Building Blocks
for the Future 79
4 Rethinking Governance 85
Theories of Sovereignty and the Trajectory of
African Governance 86
Decentralization as Governance Strategy in the
Context of the Unitary State 88
The Liberian Experience with Decentralization 90
Going Beyond Decentralization 95
The Good Governance Agenda as a Post-Cold War
African Governance Framework 96
The Case for Constitutional Change in
Postconflict Liberia 102
5 Framework for Democratic Self-Governance 113
Bringing African Peoples into Processes of Constitution
Making and Constitutional Reform 113
How Context Frames Constitutional Choices 116
African Indigenous Patterns and the Possibilities for
African Constitutional Choices 118
Rules and Institutional Designs 120
Institutions as Social Capital 123
Polycentric Governance as a Democratic Alternative
to Monocentric Government 124
Building Resilience Through Polycentric Governance 729
Appreciating the Need for Public Entrepreneurship 130
The Impact of the International Order 131
Guideposts for Framing an Alternative to Monocentric
Government 133
6 Creating a Context of Peace and Security 137
Peacebuilding and Constitutional Choice 138
A Polycentric Approach to Peacebuilding 139
Creating Basin-Area Security Arrangements 139
Beyond Physical Security: Local Communities as
Crucibles for Peacebuilding 747
Contents ix
Children, Youth, and the Elderly as Fundamental
Peacebuilding Challenges 148
The Struggle for Gender Equality as a Fundamental
Peacebuilding Challenge 757
7 From Theory to Practice 157
Framing a Polycentric System in the Mano Basin Area 757
Creating General Purpose and Task-Specific
Governmental Institutions for Liberia 760
Counties as Jurisdictions of Shared Sovereignty 163
Reorganizing National Government 767
Establishing Task-Specific Regimes 772
Expanding Opportunities Through
Polycentric Governance 776
Understanding Entrenched Resistance to
Polycentric Change 777
8 Rethinking Citizenship and Education for Democracy 183
Citizenship and Governance 184
How Citizens Were Made in Liberia 755
Building Citizenship for Democratic Self-Governance 757
The Role of Education in Nurturing Citizens 790
The Place of Indigenous Languages 194
Citizenship and the Public Realm 796
9 Toward a New Beginning for Liberia 199
Appendixes
1: Chronology of Events 203
2: Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees 209
3: Representative Lists of Liberian Networks and NGOs 211
List of Acronyms 217
References 219
Index 233
About the Book 243
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