{"product_id":"lineages-of-state-fragility-joshua-b-forrest-9780821414903","title":"Lineages of State Fragility: Rural Civil Society in Guinea-Bissau","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Guinea-Bissau, as elsewhere in Africa, there is a disjuncture between the central state and rural civil society. It is this significant and overlooked aspect of Guinea-Bissau's political evolution-the continuing ability of civil society to evade and thwart state power-that is at the heart of Joshua B. Forrest's \u003ci\u003eLineages of State Fragility\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProfessor Forrest argues that despite European influences, the contemporary fragility of African states can be fully appreciated only by examining the indigenous social context in which these states evolved. Focusing on Guinea-Bissau, Forrest exposes the emergence of a strong and adaptable \"rural civil society\" that can be traced back to precolonial times.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLineages of State Fragility\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the social, political, and military experiences of this rural civil society to account for the origins of Guinea-Bissau's soft state. For example, Forrest identifies interethnic social and military practices that became entrenched in rural social structures and continued to evolve through the colonial period, enabling Guinea-Bissauans to resist state predation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLineages of State Fragility\u003c\/i\u003e offers an unorthodox explanation of African politics by tracing the direct social links among the precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial periods and affirms the role of rural actors in determining present-day political outcomes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased on remarkably extensive research conducted in archives in Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, and Portugal, \u003ci\u003eLineages of State Fragility\u003c\/i\u003e represents both a new approach to the region's past and present and an important synthesis of the political analysis that has come before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joshua B. Forrest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0821414909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821414903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.42h x 6.40w x 1.08d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2004 pg. 1528","brand":"Joshua B. Forrest","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44120348590335,"sku":"9780821414903","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_88544cde-8e11-43d2-beae-0ce567b2e75f.jpg?v=1687413841","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lineages-of-state-fragility-joshua-b-forrest-9780821414903","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}