National Liberation Movements as Government in Africa (Routledge Studies in African Development)

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Part I Conceptualisation and performance of national liberation movements-cum-governments -- 1 Introduction: understanding national liberation movements -- 2 Varieties of African liberation movement governments -- 3 Liberation movements and the 'democratic deficit' -- Part II Liberation struggles against European colonisation -- 4 The MPLA government and its post-liberation record in Angola -- 5 From former liberation movement to four decades in government: the maintenance of the Frelimo state -- 6 From Cabral's liberation movement to power struggle and ideological erosion: the decline of PAIGC in Guinea-Bissau -- 7 From anticolonial liberation movement to ruling party: the FLN in Algeria -- Part III Liberation struggles against white minority rule -- 8 The African national congress: from liberation movement to neoliberal state manager -- 9 ZANU-PF in power in Zimbabwe, 1980-2013: towards explaining why former liberation movements fail as governments -- Part IV Liberation struggles against annexation by neighbouring countries -- 10 Struggle mentality versus democracy: the case of SWAPO of Namibia -- 11 Problems of transition to civic governance in Eritrea -- 12 Understanding rebellion in South Sudan -- Part V Liberation struggles for reform (regime change) -- 13 Liberation movements turned governments: the Ugandan experience -- 14 Ethiopia: the quest for transformation under EPRDF -- 15 Liberation struggle for regime change: Somaliland's transition from conflict to civilian government -- 16 Between the devil and the deep blue sea: the birth and breakdown of Somali armed movements, 1976-99 -- Index

• | Author: Redie Bereketeab
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Nov 01, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 270 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1138106828
• | ISBN-13: 9781138106826