Mauritania: The Struggle for Democracy

Why did a clique of Mauritanian officers risk their lives to overthrow the autocrat they had served for twenty years, only to cede power to an elected civilian? And having won acclaim for their commitment to a process of democratic transition, why did most of these officers join a year later to over...

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1. Verfasser: Foster, Noel (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Boulder Lynne Rienner Publishers [2022]
Schriftenreihe:Studies on North Africa
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Zusammenfassung:Why did a clique of Mauritanian officers risk their lives to overthrow the autocrat they had served for twenty years, only to cede power to an elected civilian? And having won acclaim for their commitment to a process of democratic transition, why did most of these officers join a year later to overthrow the newly elected president? Had the international community been fooled by a military junta-or was it complicit in creating an elaborate pseudo-democratic facade? Drawing on numerous interviews and field research in an Islamic republic wracked by ethnic tensions, terrorism, dire poverty, and the living legacy of slavery, Noel Foster addresses these questions to reveal the complex forces at work in Mauritania's long struggle for better governance
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)
Beschreibung:1 online resource (315 pages)
ISBN:9781626371149
DOI:10.1515/9781626371149

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