Anita Schroven Livres

Set against the backdrop of Guinea's central government struggles, the narrative explores how rural elites leverage identity politics amid political reforms to uphold their privileges and a longstanding local social contract that transcends ethnic and religious boundaries. Concurrently, administrative reforms and national unrest catalyze innovative blends of authority and legitimacy. The book reflects on Guinea's historical experiences with colonization, socialism, and authoritarianism, examining the contemporary challenges of participatory democracy and the future of the national state.

After war, social conditions are often regarded as more open for changes and international organisations are therefore encouraged to promote women's equal rights, utilising gender mainstreaming tools. These - sometimes inadvertently - affected the demobilisation program implemented after the civil war in Sierra Leone. On this program's background, the book examines the conceptualisation of women as combatants and victims. Being marginalised but far from passive, they engage with these concepts and strategise to socially (re-)construct gendered identities in order to take part in the benefits of the programs. ( Spektrum. Berliner Reihe zu Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Politik in Entwicklungsl���¤ndern/Berlin Series on Society, Economy and Politics in Developing Countries - Vol. 94)