Development, (Dual) Citizenship and Its Discontents in Africa: The Political Economy of Belonging to Liberia

by Robtel Neajai Pailey

Drawing on rich oral histories from over two hundred in-depth interviews in West Africa, Europe, and North America, Robtel Neajai Pailey examines socio-economic change in Liberia, Africa's first black republic, through the prism of citizenship. Marking how historical policy changes on citizenship and contemporary public discourse on dual citizenship have impacted development policy and practice, she reveals that as Liberia transformed from a country...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108836542
• ISBN13: 9781108836548
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"