From 'People's Struggle' to 'This War of Today'
Entanglements of Peace and Conflict in Guinea-Bissau
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19202989 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M P Temudo (0000-0002-8254-4233, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 245-263 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1353/afr.0.0016 |
| OpenAlex | W4230912400 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This article aims at contributing to our understanding of violence and warfare in contemporary West Africa by adopting a bi-focal analysis that looks both at power struggles within the urban elite and at the grassroots multi-ethnic setting in southern Guinea-Bissau. I pay close attention to the social dynamics of rural peoples' perspectives, coping strategies and inter-ethnic conflicts. Local conflicts are elucidated as an ongoing process that traverses times of war and peace. Although they are subject to manipulation by urban actors, local conflicts are also a matter of continuous negotiation and partial consensus at the grassroots. In stark contrast to this, the struggles in the ruling group are characterized by an escalating spiral of factionalism, diminishing compromises and elimination of rivals. By analysing the relationship between urban and rural actors and the role of cosmology, the article also aims to shed new light on the multiple shapes patron–client relations can assume in Africa
Elite · Ethnic group · Grassroots · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Gender Studies · Law
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2024 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |