Burkina Faso
Subtitle: a history of power, protest, and revolution
By: Ernest Harsch
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781786991355; 9781786991362
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Politics and government; History
Description: "In October 2014, huge protests across Burkina Faso succeeded in overthrowing the long-entrenched regime of their authoritarian ruler, Blasie Compaoré. Defying all expectations, this popular movement went on to defeat an attempted coup by the old regime, making it possible for a transitional government to organize free and fair elections the following year. In doing so, the people of the previously obscure West African nation surprised the world, and their struggle stands as one of the few instances of a popular democratic uprising succeeding in postcolonial sub-Saharan Africa..." -- Page [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Insurgent citizens and the State; title: Uneasy colonial roots; title: Ministries of Plunder; title: From crisis to revolution; title: Refashioning the state; title: On fragile ground; title: Mobilization from above and below; title: Coup and "rectification"; title: "Democracy" with a heavy hand; title: Enrichment in a land of poverty; title: Tug of war within the state; title: COntention in the streets; title: From confrontation to insurrection; title: A troubled transition; title: A new Burkina Faso ?