Youth and the State in Guinea: Meandering Lives : : An Ethnographic Study of Youth-State Relations in the Guéckédou Borderland / / Michelle Engeler.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2019 Part 2
• VerfasserIn: Engeler, Michelle,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Kultur und soziale Praxis
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (202 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Content --; List of tables and abbreviations --; Acknowledgments --; Prologue: Who is young, is courageous! --; I. Introduction --; II. At the crossroads. The Guéckédou borderland in the making --; III. Get the state to work. State iconoclasm and revolutionary youth --; IV. I am the state. Re-making the state in post-revolutionary Guinea --; V. Meandering. Being young and growing up --; VI. Dangerous times. In defence of the homeland --; VII. War-peace continuum. On the move --; VIII. Entrepreneurial spirit. Associational life --; IX. Distant horizons. Belief and innovative development --; X. Concluding remarks --; Epilogue: Mutual dependency --; Appendix I. Timeline of important events in Guinea --; Appendix II. Key informants --; Bibliography
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783839445709; 9783110766691; 9783110719567; 9783110610765; 9783110664232; 9783110610130; 9783110606485; 9783110662771
• DOI: 10.1515/9783839445709?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Michelle Engeler.

This study is a contribution to the growing body of literature discussing youth and the state in Africa and beyond. This research monograph understands »youth« as a process mirrored in the meandering life trajectories of young people who explore various avenues to social status and adulthood. Inevitably, these trajectories are intermingled with the socio-political context of a Guinean state still in the making. Hence, »Youth and the State in Guinea: Meandering Lives« aims at an history-sensitive analysis of youth-state relations representing a fruitful lens not only to depict youthful agency but also to draw a nuanced picture of political changes and continuities in post-colonial Guinea.