Development, (Dual) Citizenship and Its Discontents in Africa - The Political Economy of Belonging to Liberia

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Methodological, Theoretical, and Biographical Reflections; 2. The Political Economy of Belonging to Liberia; 3. Dual Citizenship and Its Discontents in Africa; 4. Give Me Your Land or I'll Shoot!; 5. Between Rootedness and Rootlessness; 6. The Dichotomy of Diasporic Developmentalism; Conclusion; Appendix I. A Proposed Act to Establish Dual Citizenship for Liberians by Birth and Background; Appendix II. Dual Citizen and Nationality Act of 2019; Appendix III. Proposition #1: To Amend Article 28 of the Constitution to Provide for the Inalienability of the Citizenship of Natural Born Citizens of Liberia (Dual Citizenship).

About the author

Robtel Neajai Pailey is Assistant Professor in International Social and Public Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). A Liberian academic, activist, and author, she was previously Mo Ibrahim Foundation PhD Scholar at SOAS, University of London, and Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Oxford. Her core areas of research and policy expertise include the political economy of development, migration, race, citizenship, conflict, post-war recovery, and governance.

Summary

Based on rich oral histories from over two hundred interviews in West Africa, Europe, and North America, this engaging study of dual citizenship and its development implications seeks to understand the origins of contemporary struggles over citizenship in Liberia, Africa's first black republic.

Product details

• Authors: Robtel Neajai Pailey, Robtel Neajai (London School of Economics Pailey
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781108812528
• ISBN: 978-1-108-81252-8
• No. of pages: 295
• Series: African Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Oral History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, HISTORY / Africa / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Political structure & processes, Social and cultural history, African History, Political structure and processes