1 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SETTING

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. TABLES ix
4. INTERVIEWEES x
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
6. ABBREVIATIONS xv
7. INTRODUCTION 1
8. 1 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SETTING 6
9. 2 CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN THE GAMBIA, 1816–1994 41
10. 3 MERCHANTS AND RECAPTIVES: THE ORIGINS OF MODERN POLITICS, 1816–86 55
11. 4 PATRICIAN POLITICS IN THE ERA OF THE FORSTERS, 1886–1941 78
12. 5 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PARTY POLITICS, 1941–59 107
13. 6 THE “GREEN UPRISING” THE EMERGENCE OF THE PEOPLE’S PROGRESSIVE PARTY, 1959–65 134
14. 7 ELECTORAL POLITICS, 1965–81 160
15. 8 RADICAL AND INSURRECTIONARY POLITICAL CHALLENGES, 1965–81 198
16. 9 ELECTORAL POLITICS, 1981–94 221
17. 10 THE GAMBIA’S EXTERNAL RELATIONS, 1965–94 251
18. 11 THE 1994 COUP AND THE JAWARA LEGACY 280
19. APPENDIX A MAJOR CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES, 1816–1994 295
20. APPENDIX B LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTION RESULTS, 1947–54 298
21. APPENDIX C GENERAL ELECTION AND BY-ELECTION RESULTS, 1960–93 301
22. APPENDIX D PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS, 1982–92 334
23. APPENDIX E REPUBLIC REFERENDUM RESULTS, 1970 345
24. APPENDIX F PRIMARY SOURCES 347
25. APPENDIX G NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES CONSULTED 351
26. NOTES 353
27. BIBLIOGRAPHY 485
28. INDEX 513