Violence and belonging : the quest for identity in post-colonial Africa /

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Imprint:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 261 pages) : 1 map
Language:	English
Subject:	Political violence -- Africa -- Case studies -- Congresses. Poverty -- Africa -- Congresses. Political violence. Politics and government. Poverty. Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960- -- Congresses. Africa. Electronic books. Conference papers and proceedings.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11299307

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Other authors / contributors:	Broch-Due, Vigdis.
ISBN:	9780203499979 0203499972 9780415290067 0415290066 9780415290074 0415290074 9786610224944 6610224943 0415290066 0203499972 0415290074 9781134437894 1134437897 9781134437849 1134437846 9781134437887 1134437889 1280224940 9781280224942
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Modernisation in Africa has created new freedoms but also new problems. Multiparty democracy, privitisation and structural change have not always created stable and prosperous communities as hoped, and violence continues to be endemic in amny areas of African life - from civil war and political strife to urban, class, ethnic and gender violence. Violence and Belonging explores the crucial, formative role of violence in shaping people's ideas of who they are in uncertain postcolonial contexts. Focusing on fieldwork from across the continent, it asks how everyday violence ties in with wider poli.
Other form:	Print version: Violence and belonging. London ; New York : Routledge, 2005

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