From Bullies to Officers and Gentlemen : : How Notions of Professionalism and Civility Transformed the Ghana Armed Forces / / Humphrey Asamoah Agyekum.
Based on unprecedented access to the Ghanaian military barracks and inspired by the recent resurgence of coups in West Africa, Agyekum assesses why and how the Ghana Armed Forces were transformed from an organization that actively orchestrated coups into an institution that accepts the authority of...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2019 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (252 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Breakdown of Everydayness
- Chapter 2. On Hierarchy and Trust: ‘Monkeys Play by Sizes’
- Chapter 3. On Discipline: Disciplining the Body and the Mind
- Chapter 4. New Soldiers on the Block: From Buga-Buga Soldier to Disciplined Soldier Subjects
- Chapter 5. Factors of Continual Subjection
- Chapter 6. Transformation in Broad Perspective: Professionalism, Civility and Civil–Military Relations
- Conclusion
- References
- Index