Description |
1 online resource (viii, 315 pages). |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Studies on North Africa
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Studies on North Africa.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-306) and index. |
Contents |
The making of modern Mauritania -- The army breaks ranks -- A coup for democracy? -- Mauritania's Prague spring -- The puppet presidential candidate -- The gathering storm -- All the general's men -- Battling military rule -- The vanishing mediators -- Paths forward. |
Summary |
Why did a clique of Mauritanian officers risk their lives to overthrow the autocrat they had served for twenty years, only to cede power to an elected civilian? And having won acclaim for their commitment to a process of democratic transition, why did most of these officers join a year later to overthrow the newly elected president? Had the international community been fooled by a military junta or was it complicit in creating an elaborate pseudo-democratic facade? Drawing on numerous interviews and field research in an Islamic republic wracked by ethnic tensions, terrorism, dire poverty, and the living legacy of slavery, Noel Foster addresses these questions to reveal the complex forces at work in Mauritania's long struggle for better governance. -- Publisher description. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Democracy -- Mauritania.
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Democracy. |
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Mauritania. |
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Mauritania -- Politics and government -- 1960-
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Politics and government. |
Chronological Term |
1960- |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Foster, Noel, 1985- Mauritania 9781935049302 (DLC) 2010051828 (OCoLC)646113330 |
ISBN |
9781626371149 (electronic book) |
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1626371148 (electronic book) |
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9781935049302 |
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1935049305 |
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