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Mauritania : The Struggle for Democracy / Noel Foster.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies on North AfricaPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (315 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781626371149
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 966.105 22
LOC classification:
  • JQ3391.A91 F67 2011eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Making of Modern Mauritania -- 3 The Army Breaks Ranks -- 4 A Coup for Democracy? -- 5 Mauritania’s Prague Spring -- 6 The Puppet Presidential Candidate -- 7 The Gathering Storm -- 8 All the General’s Men -- 9 Battling Military Rule -- 10 The Vanishing Mediators -- 11 Paths Forward -- Acronyms and Terms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: Why did a clique of Mauritanian officers risk their lives to overthrow the autocrat they had served for twenty years, only to cede power to an elected civilian? And having won acclaim for their commitment to a process of democratic transition, why did most of these officers join a year later to overthrow the newly elected president? Had the international community been fooled by a military junta—or was it complicit in creating an elaborate pseudo-democratic facade? Drawing on numerous interviews and field research in an Islamic republic wracked by ethnic tensions, terrorism, dire poverty, and the living legacy of slavery, Noel Foster addresses these questions to reveal the complex forces at work in Mauritania’s long struggle for better governance.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Making of Modern Mauritania -- 3 The Army Breaks Ranks -- 4 A Coup for Democracy? -- 5 Mauritania’s Prague Spring -- 6 The Puppet Presidential Candidate -- 7 The Gathering Storm -- 8 All the General’s Men -- 9 Battling Military Rule -- 10 The Vanishing Mediators -- 11 Paths Forward -- Acronyms and Terms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book

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Why did a clique of Mauritanian officers risk their lives to overthrow the autocrat they had served for twenty years, only to cede power to an elected civilian? And having won acclaim for their commitment to a process of democratic transition, why did most of these officers join a year later to overthrow the newly elected president? Had the international community been fooled by a military junta—or was it complicit in creating an elaborate pseudo-democratic facade? Drawing on numerous interviews and field research in an Islamic republic wracked by ethnic tensions, terrorism, dire poverty, and the living legacy of slavery, Noel Foster addresses these questions to reveal the complex forces at work in Mauritania’s long struggle for better governance.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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