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 91
... Entry Law of 1838 . The following year they instituted a more centrally coordinated constitu- tional order known as the Commonwealth of Liberia . The Ports of Entry Law sought to restrict all foreign commercial activities to a number of ...
... Entry Law of 1838 . The following year they instituted a more centrally coordinated constitu- tional order known as the Commonwealth of Liberia . The Ports of Entry Law sought to restrict all foreign commercial activities to a number of ...
Halaman 132
... entry laws became all the more important . Besides the enforcement of ports of entry laws , another source of conflict was the constant jostling between settler merchants and indigenous rulers for control of strategic positions in the ...
... entry laws became all the more important . Besides the enforcement of ports of entry laws , another source of conflict was the constant jostling between settler merchants and indigenous rulers for control of strategic positions in the ...
Halaman 133
... entry laws , which it had long resisted . For the remainder of the century , the Liberian government sought through a mix of measures to gain control of ports of entry along the Kru coast and to ensure the submission of Kru communities ...
... entry laws , which it had long resisted . For the remainder of the century , the Liberian government sought through a mix of measures to gain control of ports of entry along the Kru coast and to ensure the submission of Kru communities ...
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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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activities administration African agent agreements agriculture American arrangements associated authority became become British called Chapter chiefs civilized coast coastal colonial communities Company concessions constituted continued contract discussed dominated early economic efforts elections emerged established European example exercise export Firestone forces foreign free blacks Grebo important included increased independence indigenous individuals institutions interest interior involved issues labor land largely later leaders legislature Liberian government loan major ment merchants military Monrovia nature nineteenth century officials operated opportunities organized party perceived percent period plantations political position powers president problem production property rights question recruitment region relations relationships reported result Roberts rubber rule schools served settlements settler settler society slave social society structure term territory tion towns trade Tubman United University workers