Youth and the State in Guinea: Meandering Lives (eBook)

Michelle Engeler (Autor)

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2019
202 Seiten
Transcript Verlag
978-3-8394-4570-9 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Autor

Michelle Engeler (PhD) works at the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Basel. Her research interests focus on youth, political change and mobility, particularly in West Africa.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.10.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Kultur und soziale Praxis
• Zusatzinfo: Klebebindung, 2 SW-Abbildungen, 4 Farbabbildungen
• Verlagsort: Bielefeld
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Völkerkunde (Naturvölker)
• Schlagworte: Africa • Culture • Ethnology • Political Sociology • Politics • State • State-society relations • West Africa • Youth
• ISBN-10: 3-8394-4570-1 / 3839445701
• ISBN-13: 978-3-8394-4570-9 / 9783839445709