Development, (Dual) Citizenship and Its Discontents in Africa

The Political Economy of Belonging to Liberia
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-108-81252-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 153, 295 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 399 g

Reihe: African Studies

Drawing on rich oral histories from over two hundred in-depth interviews in West Africa, Europe, and North America, Robtel Neajai Pailey examines socio-economic change in Liberia, Africa's first black republic, through the prism of citizenship. Marking how historical policy changes on citizenship and contemporary public discourse on dual citizenship have impacted development policy and practice, she reveals that as Liberia transformed from a country of immigration to one of emigration, so too did the nature of citizenship, thus influencing claims for and against dual citizenship. In this engaging contribution to scholarly and policy debates about citizenship as a continuum of inclusion and exclusion, and development as a process of both amelioration and degeneration, Pailey develops a new model for conceptualising citizenship within the context of crisis-affected states. In doing so, she offers a postcolonial critique of the neoliberal framing of diasporas and donors as the panacea to post-war reconstruction.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pailey, Robtel Neajai

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Geschichtswissenschaft: Theorie und Methoden
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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).

Über Autor(innen)

Pailey, Robtel Neajai
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.