Beyond Plunder : Toward Democratic Governance in Liberia


Amos. Sawyer
Bok Engelsk 2005 · Electronic books.
Utgitt
Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2005.
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1 online resource (257 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - ""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface: An Outlook from a Scholar-Activist""; ""1-Liberia�s Path to the Present""; ""Institutional Analysis and the Story of Liberia""; ""Recurrent Themes""; ""Terms and Contexts""; ""Foundations of Centralization in Liberia""; ""Notes""; ""2-The Legacy of Predation and Violence""; ""Military Roots of Violent Conflict""; ""The Irony of Taylor�s Entrepreneurial Role""; ""Understanding the Nature and Reach of the Violence""; ""The International Context of Gangsterism in Liberia""; ""Capitalizing on Predation in the West African Environment"". - ""Armed Gangs and Global Economic Order""""False Starts at Conflict Resolution""; ""Consequences of State Failure and Violence""; ""Gruesome Picture, Ray of Hope""; ""Notes""; ""3-Foundations for a New Order""; ""Local Institutions and Local Governance""; ""Local Institutions and Conflict Resolution""; ""Collective Action and Associational Life""; ""Religious-Based Institutions""; ""Economic Organizations""; ""Entrepreneurial Spirit in Service to Self-Governance""; ""Local Nongovernmental Organizations""; ""International Nongovernmental Organizations""; ""The Liberian Diaspora Communities"". - ""Bringing African Peoples into Processes of Constitution Making and Constitutional Reform""""How Context Frames Constitutional Choices""; ""African Indigenous Patterns and the Possibilities for African Constitutional Choices""; ""Rules and Institutional Designs""; ""Institutions as Social Capital""; ""Polycentric Governance as a Democratic Alternative to Monocentric Government""; ""Building Resilience Through Polycentric Governance""; ""Appreciating the Need for Public Entrepreneurship""; ""The Impact of the International Order"". - ""Creating General Purpose and Task-Specific Governmental Institutions for Liberia"". - ""Guideposts for Framing an Alternative to Monocentric Government""""Notes""; ""6-Creating a Context of Peace and Security""; ""Peacebuilding and Constitutional Choice""; ""A Polycentric Approach to Peacebuilding""; ""Creating Basin-Area Security Arrangements""; ""Beyond Physical Security: Local Communities as Crucibles for Peacebuilding""; ""Children, Youth, and the Elderly as Fundamental Peacebuilding Challenges""; ""The Struggle for Gender Equality as a Fundamental Peacebuilding Challenge""; ""Notes""; ""7-From Theory to Practice""; ""Framing a Polycentric System in the Mano Basin Area"". - ""Resources for Survival and Building Blocks for the Future""""Notes""; ""4-Rethinking Governance""; ""Theories of Sovereignty and the Trajectory of African Governance""; ""Decentralization as Governance Strategy in the Context of the Unitary State""; ""The Liberian Experience with Decentralization""; ""Going Beyond Decentralization""; ""The Good Governance Agenda as a Post�Cold War African Governance Framework""; ""The Case for Constitutional Change in Postconflict Liberia""; ""Notes""; ""5-Framework for Democratic Self-Governance""
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