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Youth and the State in Guinea: Meandering Lives
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2019
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By combining an ethnographic study of youth with an analysis of the local state in the making, this research monograph introduces the perspective of »meandering lives« to grasp being young and growing up in the Guéckédou borderland, a remote space approximately 700 kilometers southeast of Conakry, Guinea's capital. This history-sensitive perspective represents a fruitful lens to not only depict youth but to also draw a nuanced picture of the functioning of the state in Guinea.
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Contributor: Michelle Engeler
Michelle Engeler (PhD) is a social anthropologist at the Centre for African Studies, University of Basel.
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List of tables and abbreviations
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Acknowledgments
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Prologue: Who is young, is courageous!
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I. Introduction
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II. At the crossroads. The Guéckédou borderland in the making
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III. Get the state to work. State iconoclasm and revolutionary youth
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IV. I am the state. Re-making the state in post-revolutionary Guinea
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V. Meandering. Being young and growing up
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VI. Dangerous times. In defence of the homeland
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VII. War–peace continuum. On the move
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VIII. Entrepreneurial spirit. Associational life
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IX. Distant horizons. Belief and innovative development
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X. Concluding remarks
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Epilogue: Mutual dependency
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Appendix I. Timeline of important events in Guinea
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Appendix II. Key informants
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Bibliography
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October 21, 2019
eBook ISBN:
9783839445709
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202
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4
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9783839445709
Keywords for this book
Guinea; Guinea; West Africa; West Africa; Youth; Youth; State; State; State-Society Relations; State-Society Relations; Culture; Culture; Politics; Politics; Ethnology; Ethnology; Political Sociology; Political Sociology; Africa; Africa
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
