National liberation movements as government in Africa /

National liberation movements as government in Africa / edited by Redie Bereketeab. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2018. - xiv, 256 pages ; 25 cm. - Routledge studies in African development .

Introduction: Understanding national liberation movements / Varieties of African liberation movement governments / Liberation movements and the "democratic deficit" / The MPLA government and its post-liberation record in Angola / From former liberation movement to four decades in government: the maintenance of the Frelimo state / From Cabral's liberation movement to power struggle and ideological erosion: the decline of PAIGC in Guinea-Bissau / From anticolonial liberation movement to ruling party: the FLN in Algeria / The African National Congress: from liberation movement to neoliberal state manager / ZANU-PF in power in Zimbabwe, 1980-2013: towards explaining why former liberation movements fail as governments / Struggle mentality versus democracy: the case of SWAPO of Namibia / Problems of transition to civic governance in Eritrea / Understanding rebellion in South Sudan / Liberation movements turned governments: the Ugandan experience / Ethiopia: the quest for transformation under EPRDF / Liberation struggle for regime change: Somaliland's transition from conflict to civilian government / Between the devil and the deep blue sea: the birth and breakdown of Somali armed movements, 1976-99 / Redie Bereketeab -- M.A. Mohamed Salih -- John Markakis -- Paulo Ingles -- Adriano Nuvunga -- Birgit Embaló -- Yahia H. Zoubir -- Patrick Bond -- Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni -- Henning Melber -- Redie Bereketeab -- Leben Nelson Moro -- George G. Okiror -- Kassahun Berhanu -- Michael Walls -- Mohamed Haji Ingiriis. Part I: Conceptualisation and performance of national liberation movements-cum-governments -- Part II: Liberation struggles against European colonisation -- Part III: Liberation struggles against white minority rule -- Part IV: Liberation struggles against annexation by neighbouring countries -- Part V: Liberation struggles for reform (regime change) --

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National liberation movements--History.--Africa, Sub-Saharan


Africa, Sub-Saharan--Politics and government--20th century.
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Politics and government--21st century.

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