Political Identity and Conflict in Central Angola, 1975-2002

Informationen zum Autor Justin Pearce is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge and an associate of St John's College. He has published in journals including African Affairs and the Journal of Southern African Studies. Klappentext This book examines the internal politics of the war that divided Angola for over a quarter-century after its independence. Zusammenfassung This book examines the internal politics of the war that divided Angola for over a quarter-century after its independence. Drawing upon interviews with farmers! town dwellers! soldiers and politicians in Central Angola! Justin Pearce examines the ideologies about nation and state that elites deployed in pursuit of hegemony. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Anti-colonial mobilisation and the Portuguese exodus; 2. UNITA, 1975-6: from the cities to the 'Long March'; 3. The MPLA and urban state making; 4. Migration, relocation and identity; 5. UNITA in the Central Highlands, 1976-91; 6. UNITA at Jamba; 7. The war of the cities; 8. UNITA's last redoubts; 9. The Luena agreement and politics today.

Product details

• Authors: Justin Pearce, Justin (University of Cambridge) Pearce
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2015
• EAN: 9781107079649
• ISBN: 978-1-107-07964-9
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 235 mm x 17 mm
• Series: African Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education