Populist Military Regimes in West Africa,

Abstract

Populism is not new in Africa. Attacks on established institutions and corruption, expressions of puritanism and the need for moral redemption have occurred prior to the populist coups carried out in Ghana in 1979 and 1981, Liberia in 1980 and Upper Volta in 1983. The emphasis on individual leadership and on direct ties between leader and people have occurred also. Nor are coups led by junior officers or noncommissioned officers new. However, the recent West African coups were ushered in with violence, were frontal assaults on established regimes and institutions, and do have features which are unusual in Africa.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA146014

Entities

People

  • H. Bienen
  • W. S. Tod

Organizations

  • foreign affairs ministry

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Africa
  • Foreign Aid
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • Ivory Coast
  • Judicial Process
  • Labor Unions
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Noncommissioned Officers
  • Political Ideologies
  • Political Systems
  • Standards
  • Students
  • Ussr
  • West Africa

Readers

  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.