The Emergence of Autocracy in Liberia: Tragedy and ChallengeInstitute for Contemporary Studies, 1992 - 418 halaman The book illuminates the political process that over the course of six generations brought about the personalization of authority in Liberia; and it links that system of personal rule to the highly centralized structures of the postcolonial state. The book concludes by exploring the future of self-govenance in Liberia and all of postcolonial Africa. The author became president of the Republic of Liberia after the civil war 1989-90. |
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Halaman 109
... better educated , and had been engaged in some productive economic enterprise of their own prior to their repatriation to Africa . Dominant in this group was a ruling stratum consisting largely of merchants who also controlled the ...
... better educated , and had been engaged in some productive economic enterprise of their own prior to their repatriation to Africa . Dominant in this group was a ruling stratum consisting largely of merchants who also controlled the ...
Halaman 117
... most authoritative interpreter and a better judge of performance based on those values . Nevertheless , as close as the relationship was that developed between the church and civil society , it Settler Society in the Nineteenth Century 117.
... most authoritative interpreter and a better judge of performance based on those values . Nevertheless , as close as the relationship was that developed between the church and civil society , it Settler Society in the Nineteenth Century 117.
Halaman 136
... better armed but poorly disciplined men ( Martin 1968 ) . The first major attack launched by the Liberian forces was on Sunday , October 10 , 1875 , on Hoffman Station . The government's forces were routed and forced to beat a hasty ...
... better armed but poorly disciplined men ( Martin 1968 ) . The first major attack launched by the Liberian forces was on Sunday , October 10 , 1875 , on Hoffman Station . The government's forces were routed and forced to beat a hasty ...
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Social Order and Constitutional Choice | 1 |
The Idea of Liberia | 13 |
Indigenous West African Social Orders | 43 |
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