Youth and the State in Guinea: Meandering Lives

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-8376-4570-5
Verlag: transcript

Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Kartoniert, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 324 g

Reihe: Culture and social practice

By combining an ethnographic study of youth with an analysis of the local state in the making, this research monograph introduces the perspective of 'meandering lives' to grasp being young and growing up in the Guéckédou borderland, a remote space approximately 700 kilometers southeast of Conakry, Guinea's capital. This history-sensitive perspective represents a fruitful lens to not only depict youth but to also draw a nuanced picture of the functioning of the state in Guinea.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Engeler, Michelle

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen

Über Autor(innen)

Engeler, Michelle
Michelle Engeler (PhD) is a social anthropologist at the Centre for African Studies, University of Basel.

Michelle Engeler (PhD) works at the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Basel. Her research interests focus on youth, political change and mobility, particularly in West Africa.