Amos Sawyer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3744500 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amos Sawyer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amos |
| FAMILY NAME | Sawyer |
| SIGNATURE | SAWYER A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Violent conflicts and governance challenges in West Africa
The Mano River basin area has become a conflict zone, in which state failure and violence in Liberia has spread to Sierra Leone and the forest region of Guinea. This article traces the origins of the conflicts to governance failures in all three states, and analyses their incorporation into a single conflict system, orchestrated especially through the entrepreneurial abilities and ambitions of Charles Taylor. Peace settlements negotiated to end t…
The Emergence of Autocracy in Liberia
Labour in Liberia
Mayson and Sawyer trace the development of peripheral capitalism in Liberia, drawing out the totally dependent nature of its export economy dominated by international corporations, the deteriorating economic position of the workers and peasants, and the growing power of the different fractions of the ruling class. They go on to trace the growth of the working class and its increasing militancy since 1961, the legislative response to this in the f…
Capitalism and the Struggle of the Working Class in Liberia
Violent conflicts and governance challenges in West Africa
The Mano River basin area has become a conflict zone, in which state failure and violence in Liberia has spread to Sierra Leone and the forest region of Guinea. This article traces the origins of the conflicts to governance failures in all three states, and analyses their incorporation into a single conflict system, orchestrated especially through the entrepreneurial abilities and ambitions of Charles Taylor. Peace settlements negotiated to end t…
The Emergence of Autocracy in Liberia
Labour in Liberia
Mayson and Sawyer trace the development of peripheral capitalism in Liberia, drawing out the totally dependent nature of its export economy dominated by international corporations, the deteriorating economic position of the workers and peasants, and the growing power of the different fractions of the ruling class. They go on to trace the growth of the working class and its increasing militancy since 1961, the legislative response to this in the f…
Capitalism and the Struggle of the Working Class in Liberia
Labour in Liberia
Mayson and Sawyer trace the development of peripheral capitalism in Liberia, drawing out the totally dependent nature of its export economy dominated by international corporations, the deteriorating economic position of the workers and peasants, and the growing power of the different fractions of the ruling class. They go on to trace the growth of the working class and its increasing militancy since 1961, the legislative response to this in the f…
Capitalism and the Struggle of the Working Class in Liberia
The Emergence of Autocracy in Liberia
Violent conflicts and governance challenges in West Africa
The Mano River basin area has become a conflict zone, in which state failure and violence in Liberia has spread to Sierra Leone and the forest region of Guinea. This article traces the origins of the conflicts to governance failures in all three states, and analyses their incorporation into a single conflict system, orchestrated especially through the entrepreneurial abilities and ambitions of Charles Taylor. Peace settlements negotiated to end t…
Economics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · African Studies and Geopolitics (2 works) · Capitalism (2 works) · Democracy (2 works)