Youth and the State in Guinea: Meandering Lives
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.
Overview Chapters
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Frontmatter
Seiten 1 - 4 -
Content
Seiten 5 - 8 -
List of tables and abbreviations
Seiten 9 - 10 -
Acknowledgments
Seiten 11 - 12 -
Prologue: Who is young, is courageous!
Seiten 13 - 14 -
I. Introduction
Seiten 15 - 38 -
II. At the crossroads. The Guéckédou borderland in the making
Seiten 39 - 56 -
III. Get the state to work. State iconoclasm and revolutionary youth
Seiten 57 - 72 -
IV. I am the state. Re-making the state in post-revolutionary Guinea
Seiten 73 - 94 -
V. Meandering. Being young and growing up
Seiten 95 - 112 -
VI. Dangerous times. In defence of the homeland
Seiten 113 - 126 -
VII. War–peace continuum. On the move
Seiten 127 - 140 -
VIII. Entrepreneurial spirit. Associational life
Seiten 141 - 152 -
IX. Distant horizons. Belief and innovative development
Seiten 153 - 164 -
X. Concluding remarks
Seiten 165 - 172 -
Epilogue: Mutual dependency
Seiten 173 - 174 -
Appendix I. Timeline of important events in Guinea
Seiten 175 - 178 -
Appendix II. Key informants
Seiten 179 - 182 -
Bibliography
Seiten 183 - 202
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24 September 2019, 202 pages
ISBN: 978-3-8376-4570-5
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