Liberia: The Violence of Democracy

by Mary H. Moran

Book Overview

Liberia, a small West African country that has been wracked by violence and civil war since 1989, seems a paradoxical place in which to examine questions of democracy and popular participation. Yet Liberia is also the oldest republic in Africa, having become independent in 1847 after colonization by an American philanthropic organization as a refuge for "Free People of Color" from the United States. Many analysts have attributed the violent upheaval...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812220285
• ISBN13: 9780812220285
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"