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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... northern states.2 Resistance to sweeping abolition was strong in the South , especially in the lower southern states ( South Carolina and Georgia ) ; nonetheless , anti- slavery advocates were successful in getting state legislatures to ...
... northern states.2 Resistance to sweeping abolition was strong in the South , especially in the lower southern states ( South Carolina and Georgia ) ; nonetheless , anti- slavery advocates were successful in getting state legislatures to ...
Halaman 67
... northern edges of the savannna to the coast and covering much of what is now central Liberia . Bopolu became the ... northern area of the subregion , the picture at the turn of the nineteenth century was different from that in the west ...
... northern edges of the savannna to the coast and covering much of what is now central Liberia . Bopolu became the ... northern area of the subregion , the picture at the turn of the nineteenth century was different from that in the west ...
Halaman 68
... northern trade that moved across the Sahara . The southern residual of that trade tapered off on the margins of the rain forest and the savanna grasslands . This portion was under the control of the Malinke chiefs of the region . There ...
... northern trade that moved across the Sahara . The southern residual of that trade tapered off on the margins of the rain forest and the savanna grasslands . This portion was under the control of the Malinke chiefs of the region . There ...
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Social Order and Constitutional Choice | 1 |
The Idea of Liberia | 13 |
Indigenous West African Social Orders | 43 |
Hak Cipta | |
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