State and society in the Gambia since independence
By: edited by Abdoulaye Saine, Ebrima Ceesay and Ebrima Sall
Publisher: Africa World Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Trenton, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 585
ISBN-13: 9781592219032; 9781592219049
Subjects: Politics and government; Social conditions
Description: "The Gambia, unlike its West African neighbours, has since independence, enjoyed a prolonged spell of stability and functional democratic governance, albeit, with challenges to its social order and political structures. These continuing challenges have been evident since independence in 1965, and are manifest in the absence of an active civil society and effective political institutions against a backdrop of widespread impoverishment. In July 1994, the First Republic was overthrown in a military coup led by Yahya Jammeh. Although the army formally withdrew from politics in 1996 and Jammeh was "elected" President, a new style of governance subsequently emerged to limit constitutional rule and fundamental human rights."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The foundations of modern Gambia : British rule, 1816-1965 / Donald R. Wright; title: Enter the "experts" : environmental and agrarian change in the Gambia, 1900-1951 / Kenneth Swindell; title: Strange farmers and the development of the Gambia's peanut trade / Tijan M. Sallah; title: Gambian electoral politics : 1960-2011 / Arnold Hughes and David Perfect; title: From hope to despair : travails of constitutional law-making in Gambia's Second Republic / Abou Jeng; title: Post-coup politics and authoritarianism in the Gambia : 1994-2011 / Abdoulaye Saine and Ebrima Ceesay; title: Trade unions and government in the Gambia : 1965-94 / David Perfect; title: The "Senegambia" experience : twelve pointers for regional integration in Africa /  Jeggan Senghor; title: Uncertain ground : the Gambia and the Casamance conflict / Martin Evans and Charlotte Ray; title: Contested status : the politics of HIV treatments in the Gambia / Rebecca Cassidy; title: Education in the Gambia : the interactive effects of policies and socio-economic variables / Ousman Gajigo; title: Gambian fiction : an analytical study / Cherno Omar Barry; title: The sociology of sanawuyaa : continuity and change in southwestern Gambia / Mark Davidheiser; title: Women and gender in the Gambia : problems, progress and prospects / Sylvia Chant and Isatou Touray; title: Wild oysters, female harvesters, and mangrove forests of the Gambia / Judith A. Carney, Britt L. Crow, and Hassoum Ceesay; title: Community policing in the Gambia : when democratically-based strategies and best intentions are turned upside down / Stephen Perrott; title: Postscript / by Sulayman Nyang.